Uncle Milton Ant Farm Live Ant Habitat, Vintage

For showing kids the coolness of ants digging tunnels, it's hard to beat an old fashioned ant farm. Please note that worker ants do NOT live long. In this case, the worker ants (SEPARATE PURCHASE!) were probably older workers from last year (since I got them in winter, during this species' "hibernation" season). Most have died after a month. But for what it is, this is fun and fine. NOTE: Suitable only for larger ants. Small ants will go right through the ventilation holes. Also, I didn't realize the top green "lid" is hard to seat correctly. It must be pressed ALL the way down and in exactly the right place. If you seriously want to keep queen ants and start a colony, these "ant farms" are not the best choice (very hard to feed/clean/etc), but if you just want to show kids the coolness of ants digging, this is fine. P.S. Oh, and as someone else said, the ants they send (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) are FAMOUS for having a painful sting.

nice set up but use supervision with children.

Hard to keep any ants Alive! But a lot of fun for a day or so. My kid loved it and was so excited to get it that's the plus !Update: We caught some bigger ants and they are doing very well! And my child loves this thing! The tiny ants just didn't do well for some reason.

We are enjoying our farm everyday. Kids love it. Adults enjoy too! We got a second for Father’s Day and linked to the first :)

Product well packed & arrived in timely mannor. Used the enclosed coupon code to order the ants. Ubcle Milton sent package which arrived in about 3 weeks. When the kids opened package they found a plastic vial containing 8 dead ants & 2 live ants. We prepared the ant farm according to the supplied instructions & placed the 2 live ants in the ant farm. They died in 2 days. We contacted Uncle Milton's "Customer Service" 3 times advising of our findings & expressing how disappointed the kids are. We have heard nothing. The Ant Farm is okay. Uncle Milton's "Customer Service" is lacking. We will never purchase another Uncle Milton product again..

The ant farm house itself is fine. Relatively low quality, but I was expecting that for the price. My low score, however, is due to the lack of customer service from the Milton company. The kit comes with a discount code for purchasing the ants. We ordered ants and they arrived within 2 weeks. We followed all directions precisely, and yet all of our ants were dead within 7 days. In fact, all but 1 had died within 5 days.I emailed the company directly to try to resolve the issue privately, but they refuse to have a conversation with me about it. Given that we are in the pandemic lockdown, I gave them weeks to reply, but still nothing. My kids are disappointed. I am disappointed. We won't be purchasing from them again.

You order the live Sugar Ants after the farm arrives Send/mail the ant-coupon included in the farm's instructions. Additionally cost for shipping.I have purchased this long ago. My kids were fascinated for weeks. Just recently purchased this for grandchild. I am confident it will fascinate grandchild too once the ants arrive.I also purchased an adorable book about a child interacting with an ant which teaches sweetness of even the least of creatures.

Our whole family is enjoying watching and learning about ants.We fed them a bit of bread which I thought they’d eat. They ate most of it but buried some too. It wouldn’t be much of a problem except that you also have to add water for them; this caused the bread to get wet and mold :(Now I am left figuring out how to clean it with the ants inside as well.