Ant Founding Starter Kit by Esthetic Ants

This budget-friendly starter set is perfect for beginners. It includes an 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 your choice of ant colony, along with essential accessories like ring inserts, a test tube cover, ant jelly, a cotton ball, feeding dishes, a 3ML syringe, and tweezers. You can also opt for an ant colony voucher instead of a live colony. Here are some guidelines for selecting ant colonies: worker-filled colonies are more active and easier to care for, Pavement Ants are hardy but small, Black Garden Ants are aggressive but need a dormant period, Hercules Carpenter Ants are large and create soldiers but require a 3-4 month dormant period, and Chestnut Carpenter Ants are active year-round and create soldiers. This product is from Canada Ant Colony, with the 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 bare minimum.