One of the other kind of weird ant production items out there has been nest casts - mostly of fire ants, mostly displayed upside-down, badly poured. Different from the casts Tschinkel and colleagues make for research and museum purposes.

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Interesting to think of the ant black market (nb not the same as the "black ant market") as a sign of the times. -
Interesting to think of the ant black market (nb not the same as the "black ant market") as a sign of the times.Agreed, the "invasive species" aspect of that article is way overblown.
What do you mean by the bigger issue being the collecting and poor documentation?
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Interesting to think of the ant black market (nb not the same as the "black ant market") as a sign of the times.Interesting to think of the ant black market (nb not the same as the "black ant market") as a sign of the times.
Why the ant black market is booming
Government cuts have increased the threat of invasive ant species in the United States.
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