Tarheel Ants Mini Hearth Starter Kit

The Ultimate all-in-one starter kit, this beginner kit is perfect for new ant-keepers, and is great for all of our beginner species, as well as most of our intermediate species.

Just as a warning, the nest is very small, at 4" x 2" x 4". This is a good size for starter colonies and will last through the first year of almost any species of ant. Consider yourself warned. Typically anything larger is unfit for a starting colony, and will result in impaired growth and foraging.

* Photo not to scale 

Includes:

• - Tarheel Ants Mini Hearth x 1
• - 16mm Test Tubes x 10
• - Clip-on macro lens x 1
• - Steel-tipped Tweezers x 1
• - byFormica Liquid Feeder micro x 2 
• - byFormica Liquid Feeder mini (5ml) x 1 + (2 ml) x 1
• - 3ml Pipette x 1
• - Fluon 10ml x 1

We recommend an ant colony of one of the following

• N/A (No colony)
• Myrmica rubra 1 Queen + 5-10 workers, 2 Queens + 10-20 workers
• Formica subsericea Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers,  Queen + 5-10 workers
• Prenolepis imparis Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers,  Queen + 5-10 workers
• Lasius neoniger Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers
• Aphaenogaster picea Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers
• Tetramorium immigrans Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers, Queen + 5-10 workers
• Tapinoma sessile Queen + 5-10 workers, 2 Queens + 10-20 workers
• Crematogaster cerasi Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers
• Camponotus pennsylvanicus Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers, Queen + 5-10 workers
• Camponotus novaeborecensis Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers, Queen + 5-10 workers
• Camponotus herculeanus Queen, Queen + 1-5 workers, Queen + 5-10 workers

This product is from Canada Ant Colony. The full catalogue, including all variants, can be found at https://canada-ant-colony.com

These are estimates as to the full number of ants that can be placed in the nest. The stated values are the BARE MINIMUM. It is recommended to add more workers than the minimum, ideally at least double or triple the quantity.

Small Ants

15 - 1000 workers

Medium Ants

10 - 360 workers

Large Ants

5 - 120 workers