Table 1. known zoos and museums keeping Atta; most organizations maintain display colonies. University research colonies are not listed.

Status key: C = Currently keeping Atta, P = Plan to acquire Atta in the near future, T = Temporary exhibit or no longer keeping Atta, ? = Unknown

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Country State or Province City Organization Species Status
Belgium Brussels Belgian Institute of Natural History Cephalotes P
Canada Ontario Toronto Metropolitan Toranto Zoo Cephalotes C
Quebec Quebec Museum of Civilization Cephalotes T
Ontario Sudbury Science North Cephalotes T
Germany Koln Koln Zoo ? ?
Heidelberg Heidelberg Museum Cephalotes T
Frankfurt Frankfurt Zoo Cephalotes T
Mexicana P
Berlin Berlin Zoo Cephalotes T
Sexdens T
Stuttgart Stuttgart Zoo Cephalotes C
Mexico Guadalajara Guadalajara Zoo ? P
Netherlands Amsterdam Artis Zoo Cephalotes C
Emmen Emmen Zoo Cephalotes C
Sexdens C
U.K., England London The Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) Cephalotes C
Zoological Society of London Cephalotes C
Windsor Windsor Safari Park Cephalotes T
Bristol Bristol Zoo Sexdens T
Paignton Paignton Zoo Cephalotes T
U.K., Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh Butterfly & Insect World Mexicana C
Glasgow Glasgow Zoo Mexicana T
USA Alabama Birmingham Birmingham Zoo Cephalotes C
Arizona Phoenix The Phoenix Zoo Mexicana P
Arizona Tucson Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Mexicana C
Arizona Tucson Sonoran Arthropod Studies Inst. Mexicana C
D.C. Washington National Zoological Park Cephalotes C
D.C. Washington Smithsonian Insect Zoo Texana C
Florida St. Petersburg Great Explorations Cephalotes T
Massachusetts Boston Museum of Science Cephalotes C
Mississippi Jackson Jackson Zoological Park Mexicana P
Missouri St. Louis St. Louis Zoological Park Mexicana C
Nebraska Omaha Henery Doorley Zoo Mexicana C
Cephalotes C
New York Bronx New York Zoological Society Cephalotes T
New York New York Central Park Zoo Cephalotes C
Ohio Cincinnati Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Columbica T
Cephalotes C
Ohio Cleveland Cleveland Metroparks Zoo ? P
Oklahoma Tulsa Tulsa Zoological Park Cephalotes C
Vermont Norwich Montshire Museum of Science Cephalotes C
Washington Seattle Woodland Park Zoo Cephalotes C