Beginners Guide: How to Choose and Buy Your First Ant Colony
The ant-keeping market is full of small sellers, hobby breeders, and a smaller but vocal share of people who should not ...
How to Set Up Your AntOnTop Ant Farm – Step-by-Step Beginner Guide
This guide walks through setting up an ANTonTOP starter kit from the moment the box arrives to the moment the colony mov...
What You Need to Know Before Starting an Ant Colony
The single biggest reason new ant keepers fail is not bad equipment, bad species choice, or even bad luck. It is misunde...
Harpegnathos venator – Complete Care Guide for One of the Most Fascinating Predator Ants
Harpegnathos venator is the species new keepers should not start with — and the one many of them buy anyway, because the...
Cataglyphis aenescens – Complete Care Guide for the Speedy Desert Ant
The Sahara at midday is one of the few terrestrial environments where almost nothing moves. Surface temperature passes 6...
Pheidole Ants
The most surprising thing about Pheidole is not the size difference between workers — it's how quickly it captures a new...
Messor structor (Steppe Harvester Ants): Complete Home Care Guide
Messor structor is the species I send to people who write me saying "this is my first colony, please tell me what's hard...
Ants at Home – Beginner Guide to Ant Keeping
The first thirty days with a new colony are the most anxious for any new keeper. You watch the test tube. The ants do no...
How to Choose a Formicarium – Complete Beginner Guide
The formicarium is the biggest single decision in your first year of ant keeping. It determines what you can observe, ho...
How to Identify a Queen Ant
Every spring, someone messages us a photo of an ant they found on a sidewalk and asks: "is this a queen?"
The answer is...