Evviva Ant Habitat W/LED Light. Enjoy A Magnificent Habitat. Great for Kids & Adults. Evviva Ant Ecosystem W/Enhanced Blue Gel. Educational & Learning Science Kit. Live Ants Not Included

I purchased this ant farm for my 2 year old toddler who is fascinated by ants, and found myself enjoying it as much as he did. There are several different sellers of ant farms and I chose this particular one based on the many positive reviews, and am very happy with my choice. I had a sand-based ant farm when I was a kid and intended to get one of those but changed my mind after reading peoples' complaints with the tunnels constantly collapsing, which can't happen with the modern "gel" based versions. Even when my son picked up and tipped (and, yes, sometimes shook...until I instructed him otherwise) the farm, it maintains its integrity perfectly. Plus, no need to EVER add food or water, it is entirely maintenance free! My son LOVED it, as did I, and the ants lasted much longer than I anticipated (almost 6 months). The ants started tunneling within a couple days of being added to the farm, and it was very cool to watch as the tunnels progressed daily, eventually becoming a complex web with several "rooms" where the tunnels connected below the surface, where often several ants would hang out. The product looks great on the shelf both with and without the LED's on. The LEDs themselves are very bright, and the ants seemed more active with them turned on. I had a problem with the LED base a week or so after my purchase (couldn't get them to stay on because of what felt like a loose connection with the adaptor). This normally would have caused me to significantly lower my review rating, but I emailed the Company (contact info clearly provided in instructions) and they responded quickly and sent me a whole new ant farm by expedited mail, even though all I needed was the LED base. The new LED's work great, and now I have a second farm to use at a future date. I'm glad I chose to purchase from this customer-oriented family business!

The ant habitat is awesome! The quality is excellent and we couldn't be happier with it. But it's the customer service at Evviva Sciences that is beyond 5 stars in my book. I ordered the habitat for my grandsons birthday and after we got it ordered the live ants from a recommended source (not from evviva sciences as they don't sell or provide the ants) I live in California where the temperatures are mild so I didn't order the warmer for the ants. When they arrived the majority were dead. I tried contacting the company that I bought the ants from just to see what my options were. We were very disappointed. Meanwhile I received an email from Evviva Sciences asking if we were 100% satisfied with the habitat and our experience with them. They said to reply to email if we had ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS. They said they wanted us to have 100% satisfaction. I replied to the email telling them about the dead ants just to see if they could advise us what to do. Long story short they are sending us a new habitat (in case the ants were sick) AND new ants (whenever we want them, with a warmer) all free of charge!! EVEN THOUGH they were not at fault for any of it!! I could not be more grateful!! You just don't find customer service like this any more. If you are looking for an ant habitat this is the place to get one!!! They are so much fun and fascinating!! Can't wait till the weather warms up so we can get ours up and running. Thank you Evviva Sciences!!

Very cool. Whole family is enjoying it, and a couple of neighbors too. We loaded it with about 40 harvester ants that we harvested a couple of blocks from our home. We used popsicle sticks and a large Tupperware container to collect. Then inserted a small funnel in the top and used the popsicle sticks again to get them in about 2 at a time by lightly scraping them in without getting dirt mixed in. They started digging almost immediately. Per instructions, we helped with a couple starter holes 1/4" deep or so. No dead ants and they are all very active and fun to watch work. Enjoy!!

The kit is very exciting, however the harvester ants we bought from a seller we have had previous successes with, either are having trouble digging or do not know what to make of the gel. They are not digging or doing much of expected, normal behavior. They walk along the top of the gel and then they all pile into an ant ball at night. Not sure if we need a different type of ant or if we are not doing something correctly…