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Ant Colonies We Ship to New Mexico

31 of our 46 ant species can ship to New Mexico. 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 New Mexico shakes out.

What we ship to New Mexico (31)

What we can’t ship — and why

15 of our species can’t cross the New Mexico line. USDA-APHIS requires a PPQ 526 permit per species, per destination state; these aren’t currently approved for New Mexico: Camponotus castaneus, Pheidole morrisii, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis, Pogonomyrmex badius, Camponotus floridanus, Veromessor pergandei, Pheidole lamia, Odontomachus brunneus, Solenopsis geminata, Pheidole littoralis, Colobopsis impressa, Camponotus chromaiodes, Camponotus decipiens, Camponotus snellingi, Camponotus discolor. You can still read their care guides — and rules change as permits are granted.

Native to New Mexico

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 vicinus — “A western ant, running from southern British Columbia and Alberta into northwestern Mexico and east to the Dakotas and western Texas, up to 2,960 meters in New Mexico.”

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…”

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.”

Pheidole spadonia — “Native to Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Northern Mexico.”

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