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Ant Colonies We Ship to Kentucky

14 of our 46 ant species can ship to Kentucky. 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 Kentucky shakes out.

What we ship to Kentucky (14)

What we can’t ship — and why

32 of our species can’t cross the Kentucky line. USDA-APHIS requires a PPQ 526 permit per species, per destination state; these aren’t currently approved for Kentucky: Pheidole morrisii, Solenopsis pergandei, Dorymyrmex bureni, Pogonomyrmex badius, Pheidole dentata, Crematogaster minutissima, Myrmecocystus mimicus, Camponotus floridanus, Veromessor pergandei, Pogonomyrmex barbatus, Camponotus modoc, Myrmecocystus mexicanus, Pheidole lamia, Solenopsis xyloni, Pheidole metallescens, Dorymyrmex insanus, Odontomachus brunneus, Solenopsis geminata, Pogonomyrmex maricopa, Pheidole littoralis, Nylanderia arenivaga, Lasius pallitarsis, Forelius pruinosus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pseudomyrmex pallidus, Lasius brevicornis, Acromyrmex versicolor, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Myrmecocystus navajo, Crematogaster cerasi, Camponotus discolor. You can still read their care guides — and rules change as permits are granted.

Native to Kentucky

Pheidole tysoni — “Widely but patchily distributed, from New York south to northern Georgia and west through Tennessee and Kentucky, with separate montane populations in the mountains of southern Arizona and the Davis Mountains of west…”

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