Worker Ant's Founding Starter Kit

This budget-friendly starter set is perfect for beginners. It includes an outworld with two test tubes, allowing you to raise any ant colony until they're ready for a larger formicarium. The kit is similar to how we keep ants at home. Here's what you'll get: a test tube outworld, a micro feeder, 10 ml of fluon, featherweight forceps, and an ant colony of your choice. Alternatively, you can receive an ant colony voucher for a larger colony. When selecting colonies, consider that those with workers are more active and easier to care for. Here are some options: Pavement Ants (hardy but small, can eat seeds), Black Garden Ants (hardy and aggressive, need a dormant period), Hercules Carpenter Ants (large, create soldiers, need a 3-4 month dormant period), and Chestnut Carpenter Ants (active year-round, large, create soldiers). Note that the photo listed for Camponotus herculeanus is actually Camponotus novaeborecensis, a similar species. This product is from Canada Ant Colony, with the full catalog available at their website. Nest capacity is estimated, with recommended quantities being at least double or triple the bare minimum. For small ants, that's 15-600 workers, medium ants 10-250 workers, and large ants 5-75 workers.