They had been charged with attempting to smuggle 5,000 ants to South Korea ... red-coloured harvester ant native to East Africa. The giant African harvester ant—or Messor cephalotes—is ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Two Belgian men will serve a 12-month prison sentence after trying to smuggle 5,000 ants to South Korea – a violation ... large and red-colored harvester ant native to East ...

They were found in possession of around 5,000 queen ants, including the rare Messor cephalotes, also known as the Giant African Harvester Ant. During the court proceedings, the accused pleaded ...

Native to South America, the red fire ant has been ... It's unlikely that giant African harvester ants could survive as easily in Europe though because they require higher temperatures to thrive.

Kenyan prosecutors have valued the seizures of queens taken from giant African harvester ant colonies at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings ($9,300). Depending on the number and variety of each ...

The seized species include Messor cephalotes, a large red harvester ant native to East Africa. Queens of the species grow to about 20-24mm long. According to Ants R Us, an ant sales website ...

Show more Two Belgian teenagers have plead guilty to trying to smuggle thousands of giant African harvester ants out of Kenya. The authorities said they were allegedly planning to sell the ants on ...

large and red-colored harvester ant native to East Africa. The illegal export of the ants “not only undermines Kenya’s sovereign rights over its biodiversity but also deprives local ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Two Belgian men will serve a 12-month prison sentence after trying to smuggle 5,000 ants to South Korea ... red-colored harvester ant native to East Africa.