Caught more queens than you can keep this nuptial flight season? Send your extras to Esthetic Ants and earn shop credit for every queen you share.

The test tube setup is the proven way to raise a founding queen. Here is everything you need to know about water, cotton, tube size, timing, and the mistakes most beginners make.

Carebara diversa has one of the world's largest ant queens and the smallest workers. This care guide covers founding, housing, temperature, feeding, and the key challenges of this impressive tropical species.

A complete care guide for Pogonomyrmex barbatus, the red harvester ant. Covers seed diet, dry habitat requirements, sting safety, temperature, and colony management.

A complete care guide for Solenopsis fugax, the European thief ant. Covers escape prevention, protein diet, polygyne founding, and colony management for this tiny but fascinating species.