Nuptial flights
Queen ant flight calendar by state
Pick your state to see which ant queens fly there, in which months, and how to start one in a test tube. We sell housing, not live ants.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Species
- Eastern black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
- Red carpenter ant (Camponotus chromaiodes)
- Western carpenter ant (Camponotus modoc)
- Citronella ant (Lasius interjectus (Acanthomyops))
- Winter ant (Prenolepis imparis)
- Big-headed ant (Pheidole bicarinata)
- Thief ant (Solenopsis molesta)
- Florida carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus)
- New York carpenter ant (Camponotus novaeboracensis)
- American carpenter ant (Camponotus americanus)
- Smaller carpenter ant (Camponotus nearcticus)
- Western carpenter ant (Camponotus vicinus)
- Pavement ant (Tetramorium immigrans)
- Labor Day ant (Lasius neoniger)
- American citronella ant (Lasius americanus)
- Black field ant (Formica subsericea)
- Pale field ant (Formica pallidefulva)
- Winnow ant (Aphaenogaster rudis)
- American red ant (Myrmica americana)
- Acrobat ant (Crematogaster cerasi)
- Little black ant (Monomorium minimum)
- Odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile)
- Big-headed ant (Pheidole dentata)
- Acorn ant (Temnothorax curvispinosus)
- Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
- Red harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)
- Western harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)
- California harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus)
- Black desert harvester ant (Veromessor pergandei)
- Desert honeypot ant (Myrmecocystus mimicus)
- Northern fungus-growing ant (Trachymyrmex septentrionalis)
American Ant makes housing equipment only: nests, outworlds and parts. We do not sell or ship live ants. Check your state and local rules before catching or keeping any ant. Some species, such as imported fire ants, are regulated.