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[PuppyAnts]

I have 2 solenopsis invicta queens with brood sharing a test tube. the tube is a bit moldy but it hasn't shown any ill effects on the ants. i'd love to trade for pheidole! i'm in North Carolina.

Edited by PuppyAnts, July 11 2025 - 6:19 AM.

[RushmoreAnts]

I have 2 solenopsis invicta queens with brood sharing a test tube. the tube is a bit moldy but it hasn't shown any ill effects on the ants. i'd love to trade for pheidole! i'm in North Carolina.

Solenopsis invicta is an invasive, destructive, and dangerous species. The United States Government has quarantined the species, and in the quarantine zone you are legally not permitted to move these ants across COUNTY lines. This zone includes most of North Carolina.

 

Imported Fire Ant Federal Quarantine | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Flu1d]

I have 2 solenopsis invicta queens with brood sharing a test tube. the tube is a bit moldy but it hasn't shown any ill effects on the ants. i'd love to trade for pheidole! i'm in North Carolina.

Solenopsis invicta is an invasive, destructive, and dangerous species. The United States Government has quarantined the species, and in the quarantine zone you are legally not permitted to move these ants across COUNTY lines. This zone includes most of North Carolina.

Imported Fire Ant Federal Quarantine | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Came to double down on the seriousness of this. Solenopsis invicta are highly illegal to ship anywhere, even within your own state. They need to stay within the county lines in which you found them and are not permitted to leave those county lines.

I recommend keeping a colony for yourself, however. They are a rewarding species to keep in captivity for those unlucky enough to have them invasively living in their state.

[RushmoreAnts]

Fun fact, Crematogaster are some of the only native ants to be able to effectively resist Solenopsis invicta. Y'all need to start breeding them en masse. 

[Flu1d]

Fun fact, Crematogaster are some of the only native ants to be able to effectively resist Solenopsis invicta. Y'all need to start breeding them en masse.

I have seen Crematogaster sp. quite active in my yard before, but you want to know what is funny? Pheidole obscurithorax, another invasive species from a lot of the same regions originally as S. invicta, have successfully outcompeted and bullied all of the S. invicta colonies from out of my yard.

It was quite impressive. Their colonies seemed smaller, but they somehow were able to beat them out. And it was wild watching them set up right next to S. invicta colonies, too! I mean, right next to them. No fear. Too bad they're also invasive, however. A lot of species in my yard are.

[ANTdrew]

According to good ol’ Vendayn, Pheidole megacephala are doing the same thing in California.

[cooIboyJ]

Fun fact, Crematogaster are some of the only native ants to be able to effectively resist Solenopsis invicta. Y'all need to start breeding them en masse. 

Ill try and catch some and attempt to breed them (I've been into breeding ants, only tried once tho with brachymyrmex) but do you know if they mate on the ground or the air?

Edited by cooIboyJ, July 15 2025 - 8:09 AM.

[Artisan_Ants]

 

Fun fact, Crematogaster are some of the only native ants to be able to effectively resist Solenopsis invicta. Y'all need to start breeding them en masse. 

Ill try and catch some and attempt to breed them (I've been into breeding ants, only tried once tho with brachymyrmex) but do you know if they mate on the ground or the air?

 

I believe they mate in the air. I found de-alates on the ground 2 years before although I've never actually witnessed them mating so I'm not fully sure.