Ants For Sale In
Indiana
Welcome to the list of ants for sale in Indiana! Every species here can be legally sent to Indiana. Each ant colony will come healthy, with fertile, mated queen ants!
About Ants in Indiana
Indiana spans a surprising gradient for its size! The dunes and glacial till plains of the north, the unglaciated hills and hardwood forest of the south. The ant fauna changes as you move across the state.
Best beginner species for Indiana keepers
Tetramorium immigrans: the reliable starting point, abundant in every Indiana town. Hardy species with a generalist appetite.
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Harvester Ants): larger, bolder, orange Harvester species that never disappoints. If you enjoy more active ants, this is your colony. These ants NEED heat. Not native to IN, but deregulated across the US.
Lasius neoniger: common in open ground and lawns statewide. Swarms around Labor Day, as the name suggests.
Camponotus chromaiodes: a red-and-black carpenter ant of Indiana woodlands, more colorful than its all-black cousin and kept basically the same way.
Why some species can't be sent to Indiana
Live ant shipments across state lines are regulated by USDA APHIS, and permits are issued species-by-species and state-by-state. Every species listed above is one that the USDA permits to ship to Indiana.
Ants you'll notice around Indiana
The small dark ants working every sidewalk in Indianapolis are pavement ants (T. immigrans). In lawns and fields/prairie remnants, the tiny golden-brown ones are likely Lasius. In the hardwood country down south, big black or red-and-black carpenter ants (Camponotus) are common in standing deadwood, and you'll see Formica mounds in fields and prairie parcels, sometimes making an appearance in a neighborhood.