25 Active Live Ants for Ant Farms (1 Tube), Live Arrival, Shipped Now

Holy hell. I’m giving 5 stars because I bought ants & I received a tube of living ants. But these bastards are HUGE. I read the reviews &, knew to be careful as to not get stung/bit by them. But, we tried the paper funnel and refrigeration method. Neither worked, they did not become less active after being cold and they CLIMBED OUT THE PAPER FUNNEL. Spent 20minutes picking them up with tweezers after they climbed up and out of the paper funnel while trying to move them into the ant farm &, 1 had a stand off with my cat. These ants are insane. They all died within 2 weeks &, never tunneled but I’d be willing to bet that was my fault and not the ants themselves.

dead on arrival temps were good half of the vile was dead on arrival I checked the temps that week and were all good so im genuinely disappointed also just a little FYI mention they are stinger ants lol....

Great seller. I ordered these at the same time as I ordered the ant habitat (didn't wait for the coupon) and they arrrived a few days later. I was paying close attention to the temperature but my first vial arrived with all the ants dead. Seller prompty shipped a replacement order and gave me TWO vials to ensure good results. We had only one dead ant in each, which I consider to be very good! I carefully read all of these reviews, as well as the reviews for the sand habitat I chose, and kept the ants in the fridge until they weren't moving. For me, that was 35 minutes. They don't have much mass so they warm up quickly, and when I brought them out and checked them at 20 minutes they got so warm they woke up completely and thus the second 15 minutes. Having read all of the reviews, I saw so many mentions of stings and ants escaping, I came up with a plan. I placed the ant farm in the BATHTUB before I opened the vial to put them in the paper funnel. I also wore leather gardening gloves. Everything everyone says about them crawling up the paper funnel is true. It is also the case that they wake up at different times. There's definitely a delay between the first ant coming out of the vial and the last. I made the funnel long and tall and jammed it all the way down (making sure it was wide enough that they could still get through it) and even put tape on the side so it would keep its shape. But having to bounce the funnel up and down to knock down the ants that were climbing up destroyed the opening at the narrow end, and they couldn't get out it anymore. So it didn't really work out! In messing with the funnel I noted that the few ants that fell into the tub couldn't climb its walls. So I felt safe (and, besides, should things really go south I could always turn on the faucet and dispose of them... but they couldn't climb the walls and that wasn't necessary). And ultimately I dispensed with the paper funnel idea and had my leather gloves and the vial and the ant farm-in-bathtub setup, and just took off the cap and tipped and tapped them into the opening. The ants that fell outside the habitat ran around my bathtub merrily and I scooped them up at a time at my leisure using the tip of the vial, and then tapped them from the vial into the opening. Every once in a while I would switch to a different opening, so that they were dispersed evenly. Having them run around harmessly was easy, and my five year old could stand outside the tub and watch from a safe distance. I don't know if everyone's bathtub would work as well, but I thought I'd pass the suggestion along. For us, it was a success!

The ants arrived very quickly. They were for a Christmas present so as directed, I put them in the refrigerator for a few days until Christmas. I gave them along with the ant farm, to my grandson. Several died right away, and it took a couple of days for the others to be interested in tunneling. Unfortunately they all soon died. I had purchased one of the ant farms with gel, not sand, so maybe that was the problem. This little guy loves bugs and things in the garden. He was really interested but now doesn't have it to watch. Your product wasn't to blame. I think I should have gotten the farm with sand, not gel. I've seen ant farms before and they're great to watch. HIs parents aren't interested in getting another ant farm, but I might anyway because my grandson loves things like that.

They came with food only 2 or 3 had died in the transport process.

Arrived alive. Safely contained in tube with little food sticks. No mess. Popped them in the fridge for a little bit then transferred to farm. Happy with my order.

The ants don't survive the trip. The first time I ordered them I had 3 alive. This time they are all dead not worth the money.

Not sure why all the low reviews. Most of the ants survived, I was sure to order when temperatures were "just right" in early spring. A couple died, but not many. They seem lively! Put them in my nat geo gel farm.