Ant Starter Kit: Founding Colony

This budget-friendly starter set is perfect for beginners. It includes a mini outworld where you can raise any ant colony until they outgrow the two provided 100mm test tubes, at which point they can be moved to a larger formicarium. The kit comes with an ant colony of your choice, along with essential accessories like ring inserts, a test tube cover, ant jelly, a large cotton ball, feeding dishes, a 3ML syringe, and a pair of tweezers. Alternatively, you can opt for an ant colony voucher for a larger colony. When selecting a colony, consider the activity level and care requirements of different species like Pavement, Black Garden, Hercules Carpenter, and Chestnut Carpenter ants. This product is from Canada Ant Colony, with a full catalog available on their website. Nest capacity estimates are provided for small, medium, and large ants, with recommendations to add more workers than the minimum for optimal colony growth.