Ant Colonies We Ship to Arkansas

31 of our 46 ant species can ship to Arkansas. USDA-APHIS makes live-ant shipping a state-by-state matter — each species needs a PPQ 526 permit for each destination state — so here is exactly how Arkansas shakes out.

What we ship to Arkansas (31)

What we can't ship — and why

15 of our species can't cross the Arkansas line. USDA-APHIS requires a PPQ 526 permit per species, per destination state; these aren't currently approved for Arkansas: Myrmecocystus mimicus, Veromessor pergandei, Myrmecocystus mexicanus, Camponotus floridanus, Pogonomyrmex maricopa, Odontomachus brunneus, Lasius pallitarsis, Pheidole littoralis, Solenopsis geminata, Novomessor cockerelli, Acromyrmex versicolor, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Myrmecocystus navajo, Lasius brevicornis. You can still read their care guides — and rules change as permits are granted.

Native to Arkansas

Crematogaster missouriensis — “A central and southeastern ant, recorded from Indiana and Kansas south through Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas to Florida, west into Arizona and New Mexico, and on into Mexico, spanning roughly 41.8°N down to…”

Solenopsis xyloni

Arkansas splits into a cooler upland northwest and west — the Ozarks and the Ouachitas — and a milder lowland south and east, from the Delta to the coastal plain around El Dorado, but a colony's diapause follows its species, not its keeper's address. Use region as a guide to what is locally familiar. Cold-adapted species such as Camponotus pennsylvanicus and Lasius neoniger expect months of dormancy and decline when that rest is skipped, even in El Dorado. Lowland winters still bring regular hard freezes, so give warm-climate species a genuine shortened cool rest, not a token cool-down. Camponotus castaneus and Pheidole dentata are comfortable in either half of the state; Dorymyrmex bureni, a sandy-soil species of the coastal plain, is a warm-half pick. Keepers in Fayetteville and Helena may run different winters only if they keep different species. One caution: Odontomachus brunneus, a trap-jaw of the Deep South coastal plain, is not cleared for shipment to Arkansas, however tempting the genus.

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