Worm Farm: Discover Worms as Pets

Worm World Worm Farm (Wild Science) – Discover the mysterious life underground!

Are you curious about what goes on beneath the earth's surface? With the Worm World Worm Farm from Wild Science, you'll bring a unique and educational nature project into your home. This narrow, transparent farm is specially designed to study the digging behavior and life cycle of earthworms up close, without disturbing them!

See how worms dig tunnels with colored sand

Setting up the farm is easy and a lot of fun. By alternating regular potting soil or garden soil with the supplied layers of colored sand, a beautiful striped soil pattern is created. As soon as you add the worms, you'll see day after day how they dig through the different layers and change the soil structure. This makes the dynamic underwater and underground world perfectly visible!

Thoughtful design for the well-being of the worms

Worms naturally dislike bright light. This kit cleverly addresses that: with the included full-color cardboard cover, you can easily close the farm when you're not looking. This gives the worms the peace and shelter they need to dig their tunnel system right along the transparent plastic.

What's in the package?

• Transparent Worm Farm: Narrow and clear design (30 cm x 19 cm x 4 cm).
• Colored Sand: Several cheerful colors to make the dug tunnels extra visible.
• Cardboard Blackout Cover: Provides the worms with a dark, natural environment.
• Informative Booklet: Full-color (English) guide full of facts about worms.

What do you add yourself?

To prepare the worm farm for use, you simply add:

• A few scoops of moist garden soil or potting soil.
• A number of fresh earthworms (from the garden or compost heap).
• A small amount of organic waste (such as plant remains or a leaf) as food.

Key advantages at a glance:

• Super Educational: Increases knowledge about soil, ecology, and nature.
• Visual Effect: Colored sand makes dug tunnels immediately visible.
• Animal-Friendly Design: Includes a cover for necessary darkening.
• Reusable: After observation, release the worms and you can start over.

Product specifications:

• Product: Worm World Worm Farm
• Brand: Wild Science
• Farm dimensions: 30 cm long x 19 cm high x 4 cm deep
• Contents: Transparent container, colored sand, cardboard cover, manual
• Application: Educational nature kit / worm observation

Become a true underground researcher. Order the Worm World worm farm 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.

Sand Loam Combination (200 grams) – The ideal base for a sturdy ant nest

Ants are true master builders, but they need the right material to dig a safe nest. Ordinary sand quickly collapses when it dries. Our specially developed **Sand Loam Combination** contains exactly the right ratio of fine sand and loam (clay). This ensures that the excavated tunnels and chambers retain their shape and strength, just like in nature!

Beautiful natural look and fine texture

The substrate has a very fine texture and a beautiful warm red/yellow color scheme. This immediately gives the ant habitat or terrarium a natural and atmospheric look.

Important for use: Moisten for firmness

Because the sand-loam mix is very finely packed, it is essential to **lightly moisten** the substrate after filling the ant farm. The loam then binds with the sand. Let the mixture dry thoroughly until it forms a firm structure. Only then can you safely place or connect the ants!

Filling advice for an ant farm: Fill a sand ant farm with a maximum of 2/3 of this sand-loam combination. This leaves the ants enough free space to dig sand upwards, build up, and determine their own nest layout!

How much do you need?

• Town House: approx. 250 grams needed (order 2 bags of 200g for sufficient supply)
• Urban Villa: approx. 500 grams needed (order 3 bags of 200g for sufficient supply)

Calculate the volume of your ant farm yourself:

Calculate the volume of the nest section in centimeters:
Length x Width x Height = Volume in cm³
Example calculation: With 1000 grams of sand-loam, you fill approximately 600 cm³. Divide your total volume in cm³ by 600 to see how many kilograms of sand-loam you need.

Key benefits at a glance:

• Collapse-free tunnels: Loam ensures a rock-solid bond after moistening.
• Manually mixed: Optimal ratio specifically tailored for digging ant species.
• Natural appearance: Fine texture with a beautiful red-yellow color scheme.
• Multifunctional: Also perfect as a decorative or functional base in terrariums.

Product specifications:

• Content: 200 grams per package
• Composition: Manually mixed fine sand and loam (clay)
• Color: Red / Yellow mixture
• Application: Digging substrate for ant farms and terrariums

Let your ants safely build their own tunnel system or use it as a beautiful, decorative ground cover.

Plastic Breeding Pot with Ventilation Lid – The ideal basis for insect breeding

Successful insect breeding starts with a well-ventilated and secure enclosure. This **transparent plastic breeding pot** is specially designed for breeding non-flying fruit flies, but thanks to the fine ventilation grid in the lid, it is also perfect for keeping or raising other small insects.

Optimal air circulation without escape risk

The lid is equipped with a fine-mesh ventilation grid that ensures a constant supply of fresh air and helps prevent mold and moisture buildup. At the same time, the mesh openings are small enough to prevent fruit flies, small spiders, or praying mantis nymphs from escaping.

Easy to set up and clean

Thanks to its generous diameter of 9 cm, you can effortlessly apply a layer of substrate and a portion of wood wool. Is your breeding finished? The pot is made of sturdy, durable plastic, making it easy to rinse and reuse for your next breeding cycle!

Tip for a complete breeding setup: Combine this separate breeding pot with our loose bag of Substrate and our Wood Wool to easily set up a new fruit fly culture! Do you want guaranteed correct proportions? Then check out our complete Fruit Fly Breeding Kit.

Key advantages at a glance:

• Includes ventilation lid: Ensures proper humidity and fresh oxygen.
• 100% Escape-proof: Fine-mesh ventilation keeps even the smallest insects inside.
• Transparent plastic: Allows optimal observation of your breeding progress or insects.
• Reusable: Easy to clean and reuse.
• Multifunctional: Suitable for fruit flies, praying mantises, jumping spiders, and more.

Suitable for breeding and keeping:

• Non-flying fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster / hydei)
• Young praying mantises (nymphs)
• Jumping spiders and small spider species
• Other small feeder insects

Product specifications:

• Height: 11.0 cm
• Diameter: 9.0 cm
• Material: Transparent plastic
• Lid type: Includes built-in ventilation grid

Easily assemble your own breeding setup. Order the separate plastic breeding pot today!

Insect Breeding Box (10x10x6 cm) – The ideal box for eggs and young nymphs

Do you want to control the hatching of eggs from stick insects, leaf insects, or praying mantises? This transparent breeding box measuring 10 x 10 x 6 cm is easy to use and precisely designed for incubating insect eggs and the initial care of young nymphs.

Optimal ventilation and optimal visibility

The breeding box is made entirely of clear plastic, allowing you to perfectly observe the incubation process and the newborn animals from all sides. To ensure a healthy microclimate without stifling air or mold formation, the box is equipped with fine ventilation holes on both sides. This provides the eggs and nymphs with just enough fresh oxygen, while preventing them from escaping.

Easy to set up

The bottom of the breeding box can be easily covered with a moist paper towel, napkin, or a layer of dried sand. Place the eggs on top, put the box in a warm place, and lightly mist the inside regularly with a plant sprayer. As soon as the first nymphs hatch, you can care for them – with a twig of their favorite food plant – in this box for a while before they move to a larger terrarium.

Key advantages at a glance:

• 100% Transparent: Maximum visibility of egg hatching and the growth of young nymphs.
• Built-in Ventilation: Equipped with ventilation holes on both sides for good air circulation.
• Compact & Practical: With dimensions of 10 x 10 x 6 cm, easily find a warm spot for it.
• Multifunctional: Suitable for stick insects, leaf insects, praying mantises, and small spiders.

Product specifications:

• Type: Breeding box / rearing box for insects
• Dimensions: 10 cm long x 10 cm wide x 6 cm high
• Material: Transparent plastic
• Ventilation: Ventilation openings on both sides
• Application: Hatching eggs and temporary housing for young nymphs

Give your young insects the best start. Order the transparent breeding box today!

Insect Magnifying Pot with Magnifying Glass – Discover the smallest micro-life!

For those fascinated by the wonderful world of insects, this **small magnifying pot with an integrated magnifying glass** is the perfect solution. Easily catch an ant, beetle, spider, or ladybug and observe the delicate legs, antennae, and details that you might easily miss with the naked eye!

Built-in magnifying glass and safe ventilation

The lid of the magnifying pot features a clear magnifying glass with a diameter of 4 cm. This gives you an immediate fantastic, magnified view of the creature inside the container. To ensure captured insects remain safe during observation, the lid is equipped with fine ventilation holes for a constant supply of fresh air.

Compact, lightweight, and ideal for on the go

With a compact size of 6 cm high and a capacity of 0.17 liters, you can easily carry this magnifying pot in your jacket or trouser pocket during a walk in the forest or an exploration in the backyard. It's also an incredibly handy accessory for your ant farm to quickly observe a worker ant or brood up close before safely returning them!

Product specifications:

• Product: Magnifying Pot / Observation Pot with magnifying glass
• Height: 6 cm
• Pot diameter: 6 cm
• Capacity: 0.17 liters
• Magnifying glass diameter: 4 cm
• Ventilation: Equipped with safe ventilation holes in the lid
• Application: Ideal for temporarily studying ants, beetles, spiders, and other small insects

Turn every walk or garden check into a journey of discovery. Order the insect magnifying pot with magnifying glass today at Mierenboerderij!

Complete Decor Set – Instantly give your terrarium a natural look

Are you setting up a new terrarium or insect habitat? With this complete decor 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 also 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 places. With the included sand-loam, you lay a sturdy, natural substrate layer, while the decorative stones visually complete the whole and offer additional climbing or resting points.

Contents of the decor set:

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

Key benefits at a glance:

• Ready for immediate use: Convenient all-in-one set for furnishing an outdoor environment 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.
• Naturalistic appearance: Creates a beautiful eye-catcher in the room.

Product specifications:

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

Turn the enclosure into a real home for your animals.

Artificial Ivy

Perfect for the insect enclosure. Artificial ivy made of plastic with a natural look. Virtually indistinguishable from real ivy.

Suitable as decoration for any insect enclosure. Your enclosure will always have a natural, green appearance!

Also important: artificial plants provide continuously stable climbing opportunities and shelter for your animals.

Size: 30 to 50 cm