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Ant Colonies We Ship to Oklahoma

28 of our 46 ant species can ship to Oklahoma. 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 Oklahoma shakes out.

What we ship to Oklahoma (28)

What we can’t ship — and why

18 of our species can’t cross the Oklahoma line. USDA-APHIS requires a PPQ 526 permit per species, per destination state; these aren’t currently approved for Oklahoma: Solenopsis pergandei, Dorymyrmex bureni, Pogonomyrmex badius, Camponotus floridanus, Veromessor pergandei, Myrmecocystus mexicanus, Pheidole lamia, Solenopsis carolinensis, Odontomachus brunneus, Solenopsis geminata, Pheidole littoralis, Tetramorium immigrans, Novomessor cockerelli, Lasius brevicornis, Acromyrmex versicolor, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Myrmecocystus navajo, Camponotus chromaiodes. You can still read their care guides — and rules change as permits are granted.

Native to Oklahoma

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.”

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…”

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