ANTSTORE World of Ants

[AntsNational]

Hi guys,

Why does Antstore not ship to North America? Is there a bad history in the past or broken shipments? Has Antstore ever tried?

Cheers,
Vas

[NuEM]

Does Canada allow the import of queen ants?

[Andie]

Its illegal in the states to keep most non indigenous species of invertebrates unless i think unless under license. Saying that though, i have tried many times to write to the American authorities so i can verify the rules for my forum members but never get an answer from them. Think Canada is the same.

[Martin S.]

Currently it is forbidden to send live ants to north america.
To send accessories to countries outside of EU, is very complicated and that is why we don't do that currently .

Best regards
Martin

[AntsNational]

I'm sorry I didn't go into detail in my question, but I have received ants from Germany before & each parcel has been labelled with the contents (example: "Paraponera clavata ["Bullet Ants"] colony, 5-10 workers + Egg-Laying Queen. Fragile contents used for personal observation purposes only). Each parcel which has arrived to me has been passed through the customs agency. The Canadian customs concerning the shipment of ants is a grey area in which only bees, flies, and other non-formicidae species are disallowed. I only acquire a colony when I wish to do a research project on it and don't buy or sell ants.

My only interest with Antstore concerns the non-living products. I think that these products can be sold in bulk in the North American (United States) community without a problem with customs.