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Hi, Betty:

Thanks for the lead.  We have a display of leafcutter ants (Paul was
asking on our behalf), and we have had some good guidance from WCS and
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science.  But it does seem that the
best husbandry does not guarantee a thriving or durable colony, so we
are looking for backup sources.  BTW, we have all the permits, etc
required to import and display the ants.  Any care and feeding advice
you have for us specifically we'd be grateful for, off list if it seems
too unrelated to the ISEN focus.

Eric Siegel
Executive VP
   Programs and Planning
Connections Project Director
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Queens, NY 11368
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: Ant Question
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> I would go to Wayne Wehling at the USDA (easily googled) who 
> has done a lot of the permitting work.  He, or his office, 
> will know who has the
> ants and procedures for obtaining a queen.   
> I would also go in the direction of learning about ants and 
> ant husbandry.  One has much better success in maintaining a 
> living display if one has knowledge of the critter.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Betty
> 
> Betty Faber, Ph.D.
> Leader Program Development (and entomologist for that 
> matter..) Liberty sceince Center 
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> Paul,
> 
> I find that a great way to track down leads on topics like 
> this is the search feature on TryScience.org. It searches not 
> just the TryScience site, but the web sites of all of the 
> museums that are listed in it -- which includes all ASTC and 
> ECSITE members. Searching on "leafcutter ants" turns up a 
> number of leads. (Adding "homeland security" leads to a
> deadend....)
> 
> Wendy
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