Discover the Fascinating World of 'Insect Specials'

Complete Interior Set – Give your terrarium an instant natural look

Are you setting up a new terrarium or insect enclosure? With this complete interior set, you get all the basic necessities at once to transform the enclosure into a safe, natural, and attractive living environment. A good setup is not only beautiful to look at, but primarily ensures that your animals feel comfortable and sheltered!

Safe hiding places and stable substrate

A 'bare' enclosure can cause a lot of stress for insects and other small pets. Thanks to the large artificial ivy, you can easily create numerous sheltered sitting and hiding spots. With the included sand-loam, you create a sturdy, natural bottom layer, while the decorative stones visually complete the whole and offer additional climbing or resting points.

Contents of the interior set:

• Large artificial Ivy plant (30-50 cm): Maintenance-free, realistic artificial plant for ample climbing and hiding opportunities.
• Sand-loam combination (400 grams): Ideal substrate that provides a natural base and stability.
• Decorative stones (200 grams): Natural-looking stones for decoration and as an extra resting place.

Key advantages at a glance:

• Ready to use instantly: Convenient all-in-one set for furnishing an outdoor world or terrarium.
• Maximum stress reduction: Offers your animals sufficient shelter and natural hiding places.
• Low maintenance: The artificial ivy always stays beautifully green and requires no care.
• Natural appearance: Creates a beautiful eye-catcher in the room.

Product specifications:

• Product: Complete interior set for terrarium / insect enclosure
• Contents: Artificial Ivy (50 cm), Sand-loam (400 g), Decorative stones (200 g)
• Excluding: Terrarium / enclosure and backdrop background photo (available separately)
• Application: Suitable for ant arenas, terrariums, and various insect enclosures

Specifications & Useful Tips

• Suitable for: Biodomes and nano-terrariums specifically for insects.
• Excluding: The BioDome (terrarium) and background backdrop photo are not included and can be ordered separately.

Ant Mask – Experience the world through the eyes of an insect!

Have you ever wondered how an ant or other insect sees the world? With this striking red Ant Mask, you can discover it for yourself! This cool mask is equipped with clever compound lenses (faceted lenses). As soon as you put on the glasses and flip down the lenses, your vision transforms into dozens of small partial lenses, and everything around you turns red – just like a real insect!

Handy fold-up lenses for double the fun

The mask is designed so that children can easily switch perspectives. You can flip the compound lenses forward in a flash to peer around through the multifaceted eyes, or flip them up to see everything in a single red hue. This makes the mask fantastic for role-playing, exploring in the garden, or educational projects at school!

Lightweight, safe, and durable

The ant mask is made of sturdy, high-quality, and lightweight material that fits comfortably on young explorers. It is specially designed for safe and long-lasting use by children aged 4 and up.

Key benefits at a glance:

• Real Insect View: Faceted lenses break the image into small squares with a red tint.
• Foldable Mechanism: Effortlessly switch between 'faceted view' and red color spectrum view.
• Light & Comfortable: Perfect fit for children's faces (approx. 14 x 13 cm).
• Educational & Creative: Stimulates imagination and interest in ants and nature.
• Safe and Durable: Made from sturdy and safe materials (suitable for ages 4 and up).

Product specifications:

• Product: Ant mask / insect goggles
• Color: Red
• Dimensions: Approx. 14 cm wide and 13 cm high
• Lens type: Foldable compound lenses (faceted lenses)
• Recommended age: 4 years and up
• Application: Educational toy, costume accessory, nature exploration

Follow in the footsteps of nature's most diligent workers. Order the Ant Mask today!

Tree Bark Substrate (100 grams) – Natural Forest Floor for Your Enclosure

Give your ant or insect enclosure an authentic, natural atmosphere with our **tree bark substrate**! This 100% natural product simulates a real forest floor, making the terrarium or outworld not only look beautiful but also feel much more familiar to its inhabitants.

Natural Shelter and Hiding Places

A bare substrate can cause stress for many insects. The pieces of tree bark naturally create variations in height, crevices, and sheltered corners. This allows your animals to explore, climb, and hide under the bark to their heart's content. This reduces stress and stimulates their natural foraging and crawling behavior.

Perfectly Measured Quantity

The substrate comes in a convenient bag of **approx. 100 grams**. This amount is precisely proportioned to provide the bottom of our standard terrariums and outworlds/arenas with a beautiful, covering, and atmospheric substrate layer.

Key Benefits at a Glance:

• 100% Natural: Real tree bark without chemical additives or harmful substances.
• Natural Appearance: Instantly creates the look and feel of a real forest floor.
• Extra Shelter: Offers ants and insects safe hiding places and climbing opportunities.
• Convenient Portion (100g): Sufficient for covering the bottom of standard terrariums and arenas.
• Versatile Use: Suitable for ant farm outworlds, insect terrariums, and other enclosures.

Product Specifications:

• Product: Tree bark substrate / decoration
• Weight: Approx. 100 grams
• Material: 100% natural tree bark
• Application: Substrate and decoration for terrariums, ant arenas, and insect enclosures

Bring a piece of nature into your animals' enclosure.

Booklet 'Ants are Heroes!' – Discover the wonder of the ant colony

You can find ants everywhere around you: in the garden, in the forest, under stones, and sometimes even in your house. Unfortunately, they are often seen as pests, but that certainly doesn't do justice to these impressive little creatures! It's no coincidence that a well-known old proverb by King Solomon says: 'Go to the ant, consider its ways, and be wise' (Proverbs 6:6). An ant colony is a true wonder of nature, and the more you learn about them, the more you will appreciate them.

Background Information & Facts

In this booklet, written by Ant Farm founder Jan-Peter Oudenampsen, you will find all sorts of fascinating facts and in-depth background information about ants. You will discover how ants communicate with each other, how a colony organizes itself, and why ants are so indispensable to our nature. It is the perfect preparation for those seeking more in-depth knowledge, but also a fantastic source of information for a **presentation, paper, or school project**!

Please note: When purchasing a complete ant farm starter set or a loose ant colony, you will already receive a full-colour instruction manual for immediate care. This booklet 'Ants are Heroes!' is intended as an extra background and reading booklet full of facts and inspiration.

Why this booklet is highly recommended:

• Educational & Accessible: Fluidly written and beautifully illustrated for young and old.
• Ideal for the Classroom & Presentations: Packed with facts and figures perfectly suitable for a presentation.
• Inspiring: Offers a surprising and admirable look at the daily life of the ant.
• Compact & Affordable: The ideal little something or gift for any nature lover.

Product specifications:

• Title: Ants are Heroes!
• Author: Jan-Peter Oudenampsen
• Type: Educational background and information booklet
• Target Audience: Children, schools, novice ant keepers, and curious nature lovers
• Language: Dutch

Be amazed by the wisdom and strength of the smallest super-people in the world. Order the booklet 'Ants are Heroes!' today at Ant Farm!

Ant Farm Starter Set

The best foundation for starting to cultivate your own ant colony can be found in this starter set!

The biggest challenge of the hobby is getting started. How do you ensure that your queen, with a few workers, grows into a healthy, large colony? The 'Ant Dock Station' in combination with the arena makes this much easier.

In addition to the excellent shelter and robust character of the 'Ant Dock Station', you can now also provide your ants with the correct temperature. At the end of the Dock, there is a recess where the 1-meter heating cable fits precisely (optional to order separately). By correctly positioning the heating cable, you can provide the test tube with your ant colony with the correct temperature. Now your ants will be nice and warm, even during the cold periods of the year! With the right temperature, your colony will grow the fastest, and that's what you want!

The Dock where you place the test tube can thus be seen as the nesting area, which is normally underground. Warmed by the sun, protected by the earth, and ventilated for the ants. This is all incorporated into the Dock. The Arena is the above-ground part. In this outdoor living area, which the ants can access via the transport tube, the ants can collect their food (which you place there once a week) and dispose of their waste.

How cool is it to be able to closely follow the ants' cooperation and the transport through the tube.

This starter set is suitable for all types of ants. Don't have a colony yet? Then you can choose from different types above, including food, and order them at great promotional prices. The heating cable and arena setup can also be ordered above.

Contents of the set

- Ant Dock Station
- Town Square Arena (15x10x9cm)
- Ant-Blox test tube connector
- Stopper cap
- Connection hose
- Instructions in the video and on our YouTube channel
- Printed booklet 'Ants are heroes' with instructions on how to properly start the hobby of keeping ants as pets

Fruit Fly Breeding Kit – Always a fresh supply of protein at home

Proteins are indispensable for a fast-growing ant colony. A continuous supply of fresh insects stimulates the queen to lay eggs and provides larvae with the necessary building blocks to pupate into strong worker ants. With this **complete Fruit Fly Breeding Kit**, you can easily set up your own sustainable breeding program. This way, you'll never run out of liquid or live food!

Thousands of flightless flies in a few weeks

The included fruit flies are a special variant that cannot fly. This makes them extremely easy to feed to your ants or insects after breeding, without them flying around the room. Follow the included instructions precisely, and within a few weeks, you will have a constant population of thousands of fresh fruit flies.

Contents of the Breeding Kit:

• 30+ Flightless Fruit Flies: The starting population to set up the breeding (note: exclusively for breeding, not for direct feeding).
• Breeding container with ventilation: The ideal, safe housing for your breeding.
• Bag of special substrate: Packed with nutrients for optimal larval development.
• Bag of Wood Wool: Provides extra surface area for the flies to climb on and lay eggs.
• Clear Manual: Step-by-step instructions for guaranteed successful breeding.

Important upon receipt: Start using the breeding kit immediately upon receipt! The included fruit flies have a short lifespan and must be placed on the prepared substrate quickly to lay eggs for the next generation.

What else do you need?

• Measuring cup with 50 ml hot water (to prepare the substrate)
• A spoon or stick for stirring

Key advantages at a glance:

• Sustainable & Economical: Always a generous supply of fresh proteins for a fraction of the price.
• 100% Flightless: No escaping flies in the house during feeding.
• Complete package: Contains all basic elements to get started immediately.
• High yield: Thousands of fruit flies from one breeding in a few weeks.

Suitable for feeding:

• Ant colonies (all species)
• Young praying mantises, small spiders, and jumping spiders
• Poison dart frogs, small amphibians, and lizards

Ensure your ant farm has an inexhaustible source of proteins.