Selling ants

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Can I Sell Solenopsis Invicta? If not, how do I dispose of them. If I recall, there are some for sale on the GAN project I think.

[CombinedHalo467]

You might just have to put them in the freezer to humanly.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

You might just have to put them in the freezer to humanly.

So no to selling…. Would they merge into a super colony? I thought invicta was know to do this in the wild.

[Antloverhuman]

Mickey from AntsCanada said that he was going to sell his queen ant which he caught a couple of months ago which was s. Geminata. so i guess you can sell your queens too. But only people who are good at keeping quick growing ant species will buy it. So i dont think you have alot of luck. And also you said where you live there are only invicta queens so people will have more chance of just getting them from the wild rather than to buy it.

[AntsLuxembourg]

But only people who are good at keeping quick growing ant species will buy it.

I don't think that would prevent starts from getting a colony and then releasing them into the wild.

I would recommend you to ask the GAN Project Team. If I'm not mistaken AC will sell that queen he caught but I am sure he would not just give it to anyone who asks but questions them first to make sure that ant keeper is capable of taking care of the colony.

Anyway I personally wouldn't sell them since first they are invasive to the US and second there are already more than enough colonies out there from which the potential buyers can catch a queen themself.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

But only people who are good at keeping quick growing ant species will buy it.

I don't think that would prevent starts from getting a colony and then releasing them into the wild.

I would recommend you to ask the GAN Project Team. If I'm not mistaken AC will sell that queen he caught but I am sure he would not just give it to anyone who asks but questions them first to make sure that ant keeper is capable of taking care of the colony.

Anyway I personally wouldn't sell them since first they are invasive to the US and second there are already more than enough colonies out there from which the potential buyers can catch a queen themself.

So if multiple survive, I will do more experiments on them. Maybe merge into supercolony?

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Mickey from AntsCanada said that he was going to sell his queen ant which he caught a couple of months ago which was s. Geminata. so i guess you can sell your queens too. But only people who are good at keeping quick growing ant species will buy it. So i dont think you have alot of luck. And also you said where you live there are only invicta queens so people will have more chance of just getting them from the wild rather than to buy it.

There are mostly invicta queens. Very few Camponotus and their price is up. Odontomachus ruginodis is technically invasive, but not. It is not native to Florida, but does not cause any damage to the environment. Could I possible sell these queens?

[Antloverhuman]

How do you know they dont cause any damages? Maybe they have a diet containing certain insects that are very few in your area and if these ants live there they can kill those insects.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

How do you know they dont cause any damages? Maybe they have a diet containing certain insects that are very few in your area and if these ants live there they can kill those insects.

I looked at some scientific articles from the usf library of science.(Someone printed for me and gave)

[SYUTEO]

I heard someone bought a queen of S. invicta and have the USDA bust into his house.