Harvester Ants

This engaging live ant colony display encompasses several distinct environments, which allow you to follow these harvester ants while they go about their duties as part of a thriving community.

View the ants up close as they tunnel and are busy working together. Watch as they gather food for the colony and build anthills and mounds.

Fun Facts:

• Ants are among the planet's most abundant insects. Their total population is estimated to be one quadrillion.
  
  
• Ants don’t have ears. Ants "hear" by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet.
  
  
• More Ant Facts: http://insected.arizona.edu/antinfo.htm