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Your opinion on invasive ants

Started By FinWins , Jul 20 2022 8:41 AM

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Poll: Your opinion on invasive ants (22 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you think we should do about invasive ants?

  1. Keep things how they are (2 votes [9.09%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 9.09%

  2. Ban all of the highly invasive species and regulate the others by state (14 votes [63.64%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 63.64%

  3. Deregulate all ant species (6 votes [27.27%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 27.27%

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#1 Offline FinWins - Posted July 20 2022 - 8:41 AM

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Your opinion on invasive ants

I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 

#2 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted July 20 2022 - 12:14 PM

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If we deregulate all ants than so many invasive would be sold as feeder insects. I say you have to fill out a survey to receive ants(crossing state borders) so we don’t have any escape etc. Keep the laws against releasing ants though…

#3 Offline FinWins - Posted July 20 2022 - 12:24 PM

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I agree it would be really dumb to start transporting Argentine ants as feeder insects

I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 

#4 Online RushmoreAnts - Posted July 20 2022 - 3:06 PM

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FloridaAnts, on 20 Jul 2022 - 8:14 PM, said:

If we deregulate all ants than so many invasive would be sold as feeder insects. I say you have to fill out a survey to receive ants(crossing state borders) so we don’t have any escape etc. Keep the laws against releasing ants though…

There would be no way to enforce a 'no release' law though, at least not effectively. I mean, the government could sent people to watch our every move make sure we don't release colonies (if we buy them), but we kinda have these things, called rights... rights to our privacy.


Edited by AntsDakota, July 20 2022 - 3:08 PM.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#5 Offline FinWins - Posted July 20 2022 - 3:10 PM

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AntsDakota, on 20 Jul 2022 - 11:06 PM, said:

FloridaAnts, on 20 Jul 2022 - 8:14 PM, said:

If we deregulate all ants than so many invasive would be sold as feeder insects. I say you have to fill out a survey to receive ants(crossing state borders) so we don’t have any escape etc. Keep the laws against releasing ants though…

There would be no way to enforce a 'no release' law though, at least not effectively. I mean, the government could sent people to watch our every move make sure we don't release colonies (if we buy them), but we kinda have these things, called rights... rights to our privacy.

Yeah, I agree and that is why I chose the second option
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I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 

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