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Ant Colonies We Ship to Nevada

18 of our 46 ant species can ship to Nevada. 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 Nevada shakes out.

What we ship to Nevada (18)

What we can’t ship — and why

28 of our species can’t cross the Nevada line. USDA-APHIS requires a PPQ 526 permit per species, per destination state; these aren’t currently approved for Nevada: Camponotus castaneus, Pheidole morrisii, Solenopsis pergandei, Dorymyrmex bureni, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis, Temnothorax pergandei, Pogonomyrmex badius, Pheidole dentata, Crematogaster minutissima, Camponotus floridanus, Pogonomyrmex barbatus, Pheidole lamia, Pheidole metallescens, Solenopsis carolinensis, Odontomachus brunneus, Solenopsis geminata, Pheidole littoralis, Nylanderia arenivaga, Colobopsis impressa, Pseudomyrmex pallidus, Aphaenogaster fulva, Acromyrmex versicolor, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus chromaiodes, Crematogaster cerasi, Camponotus decipiens, Camponotus snellingi, Camponotus discolor. You can still read their care guides — and rules change as permits are granted.

Native to Nevada

Camponotus ocreatus — “A southwestern ant, running from California and Nevada through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and far down into Mexico, from about 40.3°N to 18.5°N, with Nevada records between 4,200 and 7,000 feet.”

Camponotus sansabeanus — “Named for San Saba County, Texas, where the species was first collected, and ranging west and north from there across the arid interior: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and northern Mexico.”

Camponotus semitestaceus — “Nevada records sit almost entirely south of the 40th parallel, between 3,000 and 7,700 feet, in pinyon-juniper and cool desert.”

Camponotus vicinus — “One Nevada survey found 65 nests under stones, 9 under rotten logs and 12 open in bare soil, entrances measuring 5 to 30mm, and a single colony spreads its chambers under a series of rocks linked by tunnels.”

Formica neogagates — “A small, fast, unassuming Formica with an enormous range: coast to coast across southern Canada and the northern states, down the Appalachians to North Carolina, north to southern Alaska, and south through Nevada,…”

Lasius sitiens — “A southwestern mountain ant, described by Wilson in 1955 from juniper scrub north of Flagstaff and known from Arizona and New Mexico through Utah, Nevada and Texas into northern Mexico.”

Prefer to catch your own queen? Our free Ant Flight Predictor is coming soon — it will forecast nuptial flights near you. Meanwhile, browse every state and the full TrapJaw Labs shop.