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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2012 23:37:33 GMT 1
Hello, I am new to this board but my love for ants and entomology has never went away since I was a young. In the past 8 years or so I have had less time to enjoy the hobbie that I love. I am from the United States and more specifically Maryland. Anyway I just bought a house and was hoping to get back into my favorite hobbie but I noticed all these people talking about ordering colonies from overseas and everything. I remember that I was told a long time ago when I was around 12 years old or so that I had to have a special liscence to keep exotic species such as Harvestor ants and leaf cutter ants etc. etc. that were not native to Maryland and even from within the States themselves. How true is that? And where would I apply for something like that? How hard is that sort of liscence to obtain? I would start out with native species but I would like to keep a few exotic ones as well. Anyways thanks for your help, its really exciting to see people who enjoy such a wonderful hobbie such as this and a active community at that! Ush.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 0:42:36 GMT 1
You usually need to be doing certified research to obtain a permit. The general consensus for ant-keeping in U.S.A. is that there are already so many varieties of ants; you really just have to look for them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 1:43:53 GMT 1
Yeah I know I would have at least 20 varietys I could choose from locally but just to have the option would be nice is all.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 2:04:07 GMT 1
You have about 131 species in your area.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 2:55:03 GMT 1
Yea i meant my back yard lol 131 though wow did not realize it was that high in Maryland.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 5:55:08 GMT 1
Yeah, as BSF said, you must have legitimate, certified research to even obtain a permit. Really, there are tons of native species around you!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 6:07:08 GMT 1
Where do you have the information on types of species in my state? I have the book ANTS but is there a site that has al species listed by region or state?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 8:30:21 GMT 1
I'm not sure about species lists by area, but I know a bit about researching species you're allowed to import and keep.
In my experience, I was able to locate a definite list of animal species that citizens of Australia were allowed to import via the Australian government website. Unfortunately, no ants are allowed to be imported without a permit. You should be able to find out similar information on your national government, nature or customs website.
And one word of advice, if you find the information and you find a species you want can be imported, you should definitely check out the localized equivalent of the regulations, probably at a state level, because they can have different restrictions. I imagine being from the USA this would be a very important part of the research process.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 11:36:24 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 15:10:36 GMT 1
Appreciate the help guys! Very informative
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Post by Myrm on Sept 14, 2012 16:54:09 GMT 1
Hi ushet and welcome to the forum. Thank you for supporting us by joining.
As you can see we have a small but vary helpful and friendly community here who all have on ething in common; our interest in ants. We have members of all ages and experience.
PS> My thanks to those members who have replied here and made ushet feel at home.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 18:52:30 GMT 1
Welcome to the forum! Sorry for not replying earilier, I was playing with my model rockets >.< 131 Species in your area? D: Wow, I would love to have Camponotus and other large species withing driving distance of me, only small Lasius Niger and Lasius Flavus around me I hope you enjoy you time here, everyone is vary friendly!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 19:37:19 GMT 1
Hello and welcome to MANF. You are very lucky to have so many species in your area.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2012 7:59:35 GMT 1
Yes, Australia has had a hard time in some ways with invasive species, most famously (you all may have heard of this at one point) with the cane toad. Ironically, one of the only animals native to Australia that can kill the Cane Toad is the meat ant. Go ants!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2012 8:07:28 GMT 1
Yay! ;D
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