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.

I received the ants yesterday n more than half are dead. I was hopping they were like that bc of the traveling but I just transferred them to ant habitat n only 9 is alive. Not worth the money. Don't even buy them

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.

I would just like to first say that the customer service from this company is excellent. We have maintained an ant farm previously so we knew how to care for them. Our order arrived quickly and all of the ants were alive. We introduced them into the habitat just as we always had before and everything seemed fine. Then after about 3 or 4 days all of the ants were dead. We contacted the seller through Amazon and they were puzzled about why the ants arrived in good condition but then died shortly after. They promptly sent us another tube of ants as a replacement and they arrived quickly as before. Once again we cleaned the habitat, replaced all of the sand and prepared it with water and a starter tunnel. The replacement ants all arrived alive yet were all dead within a week. We did not contact the company again after this. I have seen other reviews that state the same thing, so I'm suspicious that this is an issue with the ants and not with the improper care from the buyers. Next time we will try ants from a different seller and see if our results improve.

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.

Worked great for our ant farm! Be sure to follow the instructions for ease of getting them in. Ants are large and worked great! We did not have many dead ants at all.

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...

Although the tracking indicated the package was delivered to my front porch, USPS actually left it in the mailbox. By the time I retrieved it, I had lost about 5–10 ants; however, the rest were alive and active. The ants were easy to remove from the vial, which luckily included enough food for the transport. My kids are absolutely loving the ant farm. It is fascinating to watch, and we are very happy with the purchase.