- 25 Live Red Harvester Ants for Ant Habitats - Live Arrival, Shipped Now - Perfect for Educational Science Projects & Interactive Ant Habitat Experience

Give the ants some time to warm up. Money wise it's great if you need a quick solution on ants. Ants are harmless as long as you don't do anything they deem threatening pretty safe. It's easy to get them to their farm. Kit comes with ants of course. A mini guide on feeding them. And what drinks they need. And a link if more food is needed. For me it's fun as an adult but for children not so much. So once the fun is done expect children to lose interest in it very fast.

Preface this disaster, I want to note that it was a nice fall day when my ants arrived in the mail, and I actually was outside as the postman handed me the package- there was no time for us to commit this heinous act of ant catastrophe. We have owned 3 (yes I said 3) ant colonies- all of which have led to the death of over 60 ants..... I was found guilty of the first two colonies. I am innocent on colony number 3. Colony number 1 (Alone in the Desert)- This was the ant farm where you had to purchase the sand.. and remember to water them .. and feed them....... I did not remember to water and feed them, thus they starved. Colony number 2 (Psychedelic Blue Lunar Craft)- This any farm was made of the blue gel and had a color-changing light at the bottom. The gel served as the water and food, and the ants tunneled through it. It was awesome- and then we decided to put a cheese-it as a "science experiment".... note putting bread in a small, enclosed area that contains a moist gel is not a good idea. Colony number 2- (Psychedelic Blue Lunar Craft 2)..... We ordered ants from this vendor. All but 1 were dead when they arrived. I couldn't kill him... so now he lays on top of the small piece of carrot that was in the ant tube in his Psychedelic Ant Mansion.... I am thinking about dropping down some anti-depressents and liquor to cope with the isolation...

Not sure why all the low reviews. Most of the ants survived, I was sure to order when temperatures were "just right" in early spring. A couple died, but not many. They seem lively! Put them in my nat geo gel farm.

Many ants were dead when they were retrieved from our mailbox. We followed the instructions and placed all ants into their farm. Within in a couple days several more ants were dead. After a week only a few ants remained alive and at two weeks they were all dead. It did take a few days for them to arrive and maybe being in a small test tube bottle inside an envelope and sitting in who knows what kind of conditions may have been too much for them. It is possible that the days of transit could have been the problem. We will probably order again in the fall and see if we have better luck then since the temperatures will be better (summer heat in Texas is bad). While they were living they were very cool to watch and my grandson enjoyed watching them tunnel and move about.

Came in 2 tubes, 25 ants in each, in one shipment. 1 tube had 100% survival rate, while the other had about 45%. Not sure why the ratio was so different between the two. The weather did drop below the recommend shipping temperature, but the shipping time was MUCH longer than I anticipated for live ants. Also important to note, you do not get a queen and this company does not sell queens. Meaning, this colony has a limited lifespan and introducing a queen bought from another USDA certified seller has its challenges. This may be perfect for children who lose interest in a few months. Personally, I will be buying from another company after these little guys' lifespan comes to an end. One thing that could have become a problem if not noticed early was the tubes outside diameter is smaller than the hole to pot the ants in the ant farm I bought, enough so that all the ants would have happily crawled out rather than into the farm. A few wraps with electrical tape at the end of the tubes solved this easily, but still something to nota as this is the company amazon pairs as "frequently bought together". I guess that falls into the ease of assembly and design category for rating live ants, lol! Fun for kids and adults alike.

Came just as expected, thank you!

Arrived with all but 1 dead. Temps were in range but they blamed that. Offered to send new ants when weather was warmer. Waited 4 months. New tube came with only 5 alive. They died the next day. This seller does not deliver a reliable product.

Great seller. I ordered these at the same time as I ordered the ant habitat (didn't wait for the coupon) and they arrrived a few days later. I was paying close attention to the temperature but my first vial arrived with all the ants dead. Seller prompty shipped a replacement order and gave me TWO vials to ensure good results. We had only one dead ant in each, which I consider to be very good! I carefully read all of these reviews, as well as the reviews for the sand habitat I chose, and kept the ants in the fridge until they weren't moving. For me, that was 35 minutes. They don't have much mass so they warm up quickly, and when I brought them out and checked them at 20 minutes they got so warm they woke up completely and thus the second 15 minutes. Having read all of the reviews, I saw so many mentions of stings and ants escaping, I came up with a plan. I placed the ant farm in the BATHTUB before I opened the vial to put them in the paper funnel. I also wore leather gardening gloves. Everything everyone says about them crawling up the paper funnel is true. It is also the case that they wake up at different times. There's definitely a delay between the first ant coming out of the vial and the last. I made the funnel long and tall and jammed it all the way down (making sure it was wide enough that they could still get through it) and even put tape on the side so it would keep its shape. But having to bounce the funnel up and down to knock down the ants that were climbing up destroyed the opening at the narrow end, and they couldn't get out it anymore. So it didn't really work out! In messing with the funnel I noted that the few ants that fell into the tub couldn't climb its walls. So I felt safe (and, besides, should things really go south I could always turn on the faucet and dispose of them... but they couldn't climb the walls and that wasn't necessary). And ultimately I dispensed with the paper funnel idea and had my leather gloves and the vial and the ant farm-in-bathtub setup, and just took off the cap and tipped and tapped them into the opening. The ants that fell outside the habitat ran around my bathtub merrily and I scooped them up at a time at my leisure using the tip of the vial, and then tapped them from the vial into the opening. Every once in a while I would switch to a different opening, so that they were dispersed evenly. Having them run around harmessly was easy, and my five year old could stand outside the tub and watch from a safe distance. I don't know if everyone's bathtub would work as well, but I thought I'd pass the suggestion along. For us, it was a success!