Tube of 25 Live Harvester Ants
$8.99
Teach kids about the extraordinary Ant! Did you know ants have superhuman strength, two stomachs, and that they work cooperatively? There's so much more to learn! Due to extreme temperatures, expedited shipping is recommended for live ant orders.
We're Antsy!
- Learn about the ant life cycle, behavior, and more
- Great for kids, classrooms, or anyone interested in the mighty ant
- Native Harvester Ants are hardy and fun to watch
- Promotes observation skills, STEM education and more!
Before You March
- CAUTION: Ants can sting! Adult Supervision required.
- A tube of Harvester Ants is perfect if you already have an Ant Mountain habitat and want to experience the habits and teamwork of ants all over again.
- You must have a habitat for your ants. If you need an ant habitat please click here.
- Our insects are sensitive to outdoor temperatures. We recommend postponing your order if daytime, outdoor temperatures are below 50 degrees or above 90 degrees in your area.
- This tube of live ants does not include a queen.
- Live ants cannot be shipped to Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, APO, FPO or DPO addresses.
Comes with
- One tube of 25 Harvester Ants
- Helpful ant tips.
Warning: Choking hazard. Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Ages 6+
Please note: If the ants are placed in a habitat other than Ant Mountain, the Insect Lore Guarantee will be void.
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C
We had a positive experience with receiving our live ants! Almost all of them were alive except 2 which was actually really good! We were so happy to see them immediately start digging! It was my favorite live animal experience with insect lore! We’ve done the butterflies and lady bugs as well which were great, but the ants are so interesting to watch work so hard!
A
My son has been obsessed with ants and asked for an ant farm for Christmas. We waited to order until February so the weather wouldn’t be too cold (we’re in Florida) All ants were alive except one. We followed directions, put in fridge 10min and they went right into the habitat. We still have about half of them left after 5 1/2 weeks and they are doing great! They are actually in our kitchen and everyone enjoys sitting and watching them.
I have done the caterpillars with my class but I wouldn’t bring these in my class of young children because they are very large and can bite. For middle or high school age this would be perfect.
L
All ants were alive and well when they came in! I cannot say enough good things about Insect Lore and their excellent customer service. If I could give it 10 stars I would! We will definitely be ordering from here again in the future!
I
The actual worst. I ordered 4 tubes of ants and two of them came with only 2 or 3 surviving ants. Give disappointment for my class. IDK if that's to be expected but I didn't expect it for sure
C
My son love ants
M
They all got in one piece
J
Great
M
Started too early- needed to wait another month - weather too cold for them tosurvive
L
Ants were alive. Once in habitat, they began working immediately. Children were facinated.
K
My daughter was so excited to finally fill her ant farm. It said to wait 48 to see any real active but these got to work right away.
A
All good. Only 2 were dead. 20 still alive after 45 days. Good ant source
T
Stellar shippong and delivery of all the ants alive and healthy. Son was thrilled!!!
R
Excelent.
C
All of my ants(two tubes) arrived alive. This is the second time ordered from here, the first time I ordered caterpillars, they arrived in great condition as well. Thank you insect lore for being such a good company and never disappointing.
C
All were dead upon arrival. The shipment took longer than was expected.
G
Arrived in Pennsylvania (from California) ahead of schedule in December and 23/25 ants survived! Thank you!
N
Good portion of ants were dead upon arrival and many continued to die after. After about 3 weeks im down to 6 ants and they've hardly tunneled
Hi Nicole,
Thank you for the review. I’m really sorry to hear that many of your ants arrived in poor condition and that more continued to decline over the past few weeks. I can understand how disappointing this must be, especially when tunneling hasn’t progressed the way it normally should.
For future setups, giving the ants a little head start can help encourage tunneling. After your ants arrive, placing the ant tubes in the refrigerator for about 10–15 minutes will safely slow them down. While they’re cooling, you can use the sand rod to create a starter tunnel about three inches down in the back of the habitat. Once the ants are ready, gently tap them into the Ant Mountain and close the lid right away. They may seem sluggish at first, but they usually begin exploring and tunneling once they settle in.
And just for the future, if you ever receive any live insects or supplies that don’t look quite right, feel free to reach out to us directly at our Insect Lore support email, customerservice@insectlore.com. Sending a quick photo of what you received helps us provide faster and more accurate assistance.
Kind Regards,
Hans
The Happy Growing Team
Insect Lore USA
(661)-746-7647
Monday- Friday 8am-5pm PST
Questions? Visit our Help Center
M
Great big ants
S
These were incredibly disappointing. They all died the day after I put them in the ant mountain. It was very sad for my class.
A
We have had our ant farm since February and we still have 3 ants marching around in October!!
The kids have thoroughly enjoyed watching them and taking care of them! We did have two escapes over the 7 months we’ve had them; both our faults :0}~ we were able to get the ants trapped back in a tube and put them back in! Overall great experience and easy to care for.
B
Great experience for my granddaughter, thanks.
B
Great experience for my granddaughter, thanks.
J
It's been over 3 weeks and the ants are still active and alive! The whole process of delivery, placing them in their habitat, and keeping them alive has been easy and a fun experience for my kids. Thank you!
T
Liked the ants though they didn’t live long. Will try again sometime
P
The ants died in two days.
B
Harvester ants ordered through Amazon were delayed 4 days. After introducing to the Milton ant farm, they lasted just a few days. After 1 week 2 of 25 remained alive.
R
The ants arrived as promised.
The children really enjoyed watching the ants and they learned a lot!
B
First tube we got ants died within 1 day of being in the hill. Contacted customer service and they sent one more tube. This tube was delayed multiple times through mail service. By the time we got them we had 3 left that were alive. After that we gave up. We homeschool and thought this would have been a perfect lesson but we never got to complete it.
P
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