50 Live Red Harvester Ants with 10oz Sand for Ant Habitats – Live Arrival, Shipped Now – Perfect for Educational Science Projects & Interactive Habitat Experience

I have ordered these ants 3 years in a row for my classroom. They arrive (mostly) alive - you always lose 1 or 2, no biggie because I order 50 - and are active. I put them in our class ant farm, turn it around to face a wall & give them privacy, and let them do their thing. We keep the farm facing a wall to give them a place to work in peace, but the kids turn them around whenever they want to watch them. The kids love bringing back bits of fruits & veggies from lunch to see what they'll eat. All in all, a great purchase for classroom observations of life cycles and adaptations!Oh, and the one year a student claimed our ant farm ants got into his Chromebook so he shouldn't have to pay the fines...yeah, these guys are nothing like any ants around our area. I greatly appreciated that these big red guys looked nothing like the tiny black sugar ants he had crawling in his Chromebook! (Insect Lore Ant Mountain has NEVER let an ant escape in my classroom.)

Over half of ants were dead and look like they were smashed in the tube and there weren’t even a queen ant and the queen ant is definitely needed if you plan on doing any farm. Waste of money DO NOT BUY

Initially I received mostly dead ants unfortunately, so I put in a return request and explained the situation. A few days after I got a new package of ants, this time everyone of them is alive! I wasn’t expecting that to happen but very glad that it did :) I love these ants, within a few hours of getting them into their home they already had a good tunnel going. They are super active and love tunneling!

Ants came healthy and all alive. I received about 55 ants, which is more than advertised. It’s been about 5 weeks and most are still alive and healthy! I’ve even moved them between habitats and dropped them during transport and these hearty ants are still kicking. Definitely put them in the fridge for about 5 min to stun them before moving them initially from the tube to their habitat because they are very fast. Keep the tubes as the ants will nest in them and you can use the tubes if you ever need to get them out of the habitat to move them.I’m giving 4 stars because an ant colony should come with a Queen ant. Without a Queen, the ants don’t have a purpose. They will dig tunnels and do things like bury their dead and hoard food, but without a Queen they really have no direction in life and will did prematurely. I’m also giving 4 stars because I wanted to add to my colony and while the seller did respond honestly and quickly, they couldn’t guarantee that if I purchased more ants that they would be from the same colony. Only if they are from the same colony will they get along. So I’m not able to addd to the current colony.Overall if you are looking for a short term farm and a few fun ants to watch, these are a great purchase. Just don’t ask for advice on any ant keeping groups. You will get roasted for the horrific torture you bring upon the ants when you separate them from their queen.

Half were dead they didn't touch the huge piece of carrot in the tube

The media could not be loaded. The ants arrived well-packaged and with a bonus bag of sand as well. Each tube of ants had a little carrot stick inside which the ants seemed to be enjoying when we received them. I put the tubes in the fridge for several minutes then added the ants to their ant farm, and they perked up almost immediately, going right for the little water droplets, carrot pieces, and blueberry we gave them. They began digging within just a few minutes of being introduced to their new home. Out of all the ants (and there were plenty) I found only a very few arrived dead. I’m very happy with our ants!!

The ants were dead upon arrival. The shipping was delayed 2 days and when I opened up the package, they were not alive. Also, I had ordered the food & ants AND the sand & ants. I didn’t receive 2 ant vials. Very disappointed. I would like a replacements of the 2 ant vials.

I was so upset . Got an ant farm for granddaughter and she was so excited to see what the ants would do in her farm . When I finally ordered the ants there were only 5 alive and after following the instructions to the T they all died within a week . I would really stress to the seller to pack the ants for next day delivery instead of 5 days .... if that could be done I'm sure the ants would have had a better chance at surviving