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US Market - Just me or is there a lack of sellers this year?

Started By aznphenom , Aug 11 2023 7:41 AM

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#1 Offline aznphenom - Posted August 11 2023 - 7:41 AM

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Maybe its due to the crazy climate of late. Making flights unpredictable. Maybe people just missed out on flights? 2-3 years ago, I remembered seeing a lot of m.mexicanus for sale by many people in Cali and surrounding states. Same with badius in Florida (a few). Maybe people are selling straight to the vendors? Getting a tad bit frustrated with having a permit but seeing no one is selling. 

 

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Keeps: Camponotus, Tetra
 

Wants (Please reach out if you have them for sale if you’re in the US): Acromyrmex Sp., Atta Sp., Cephalotes Sp., Myrmecocystus Sp (Prefer Mexicanus), Odontomachus Sp. (Prefer Desertorum), Pachycondyla Sp., Pheidole Sp (Prefer Rhea. The bigger the better. Not the tiny bicarinata), Pogonomyrmex Sp (Prefer Badius)., Pseudomyrmex Sp. (Prefer the cute yellow ones)

 

#2 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted August 11 2023 - 8:16 AM

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Yeah this year is going pretty bad, there's only been one rain storm up in the desert in Cali

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, August 11 2023 - 8:17 AM.

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#3 Offline aznphenom - Posted August 11 2023 - 8:27 AM

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Yeah this year is going pretty bad, there's only been one rain storm up in the desert in Cali

Yeah, I've heard. Been messaging someone about once every 2 weeks now for updates.


Keeps: Camponotus, Tetra
 

Wants (Please reach out if you have them for sale if you’re in the US): Acromyrmex Sp., Atta Sp., Cephalotes Sp., Myrmecocystus Sp (Prefer Mexicanus), Odontomachus Sp. (Prefer Desertorum), Pachycondyla Sp., Pheidole Sp (Prefer Rhea. The bigger the better. Not the tiny bicarinata), Pogonomyrmex Sp (Prefer Badius)., Pseudomyrmex Sp. (Prefer the cute yellow ones)

 

#4 Offline AntsTopia - Posted August 11 2023 - 1:14 PM

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Permits for Myrmecocystus, Atta, acromyrmex, in Maryland?!  :suicide:  :wtf:

Do you work in a laboratory?


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Camponotus castaneus | 20-25 workers
Tetramorium Immigrans | 1,000+ workers (yes I gave them a brood boost don’t be salty!)
Aphaenogaster Rudis | 16 workers
Pheidole bicarinata | 50-60 workers

Ants are just better.

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 11 2023 - 2:06 PM

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I, for one, gave up on selling ants. I can’t even give them away due to competition from the eBay scumbags selling illegal ants and the flashy websites. Ant keeping has gone commercial now.
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#6 Offline aznphenom - Posted August 11 2023 - 2:09 PM

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I, for one, gave up on selling ants. I can’t even give them away due to competition from the eBay scumbags selling illegal ants and the flashy websites. Ant keeping has gone commercial now.


Agreed. Why I didn’t I even go anting this year. I’m just happy I was able to give away my two big colonies the other week instead of culling them.
Keeps: Camponotus, Tetra
 

Wants (Please reach out if you have them for sale if you’re in the US): Acromyrmex Sp., Atta Sp., Cephalotes Sp., Myrmecocystus Sp (Prefer Mexicanus), Odontomachus Sp. (Prefer Desertorum), Pachycondyla Sp., Pheidole Sp (Prefer Rhea. The bigger the better. Not the tiny bicarinata), Pogonomyrmex Sp (Prefer Badius)., Pseudomyrmex Sp. (Prefer the cute yellow ones)

 

#7 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 11 2023 - 3:16 PM

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Almost no rain this summer. If you notice the wetter the winter is in Southern California, the drier that year's monsoon season is. Unfortunately for that matter, we had a very wet winter this year.


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#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 11 2023 - 3:48 PM

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Maybe its due to the crazy climate of late. Making flights unpredictable. Maybe people just missed out on flights? 2-3 years ago, I remembered seeing a lot of m.mexicanus for sale by many people in Cali and surrounding states. Same with badius in Florida (a few). Maybe people are selling straight to the vendors? Getting a tad bit frustrated with having a permit but seeing no one is selling. 

 

Check my signature for what I am looking to buy. Thanks

 

Yes, many people do sell straight to vendors. It gets so tiring answering all of everyone's questions, and then typing up their whole invoice with payment instructions, only to then never hear from them again after that.


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#9 Offline mac33812 - Posted August 15 2023 - 8:25 PM

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Hello, i know this is off topic, but i recently moved to amarillo and I'm hooping to go after some atta next year. I have a bit of a drive to get to a area where they exist i was thinking the college station area, i saw your journal about keeping them and i was wondering if you had some tips on where and how to look for them. Any help is appreciated perhaps ther is a way you can direct message me, I'm very new to this site.


#10 Offline Serafine - Posted August 16 2023 - 12:03 AM

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With all the people founding their own personal shops it wasn't hard to predict the market would get oversaturated and collapse at some point.

Antkeeping is still a niche hobby within a niche hobby within a niche hobby. It simply cannot support a big economy around itself.


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#11 Offline DevinTheAntKeeper - Posted August 16 2023 - 2:42 PM

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Hello, i know this is off topic, but i recently moved to amarillo and I'm hooping to go after some atta next year. I have a bit of a drive to get to a area where they exist i was thinking the college station area, i saw your journal about keeping them and i was wondering if you had some tips on where and how to look for them. Any help is appreciated perhaps ther is a way you can direct message me, I'm very new to this site.

Post it on that topic not this one 


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