Aqua Dragons  

A new underwater world. Add the eggs to the water and within 24 hours your new underwater animals will hatch, isn't that wonderful! These aquatic animals reproduce both through eggs and live birth, so with proper care, you'll enjoy them for a very long time!

Special aquatic animals  

Aqua Dragons, also known as Sea Monkeys, are special aquatic animals. They twist and wriggle around in the water and are very easy to observe in this unique full-color aquarium!

Kit contents  

- The Aqua Dragons tank with ample underwater living space. (15x3x15cm)
- The eggs that hatch after being added to the water.
- Sufficient food for the first year.
- Spoon/scoop to accurately measure the amount of food.
- Oxygen pipette.
- English manual. The Dutch manual is digital.

Aqua Dragons - Sea Monkeys Aquarium + Led  

A new world under water. You add the eggs to the water and within 24 hours your new underwater animals hatch, wonderful isn't it! These aquatic animals reproduce themselves both with eggs and live birth, so with good care you will enjoy them for a very long time!

Special aquatic animals  

The Aqua Dragons, also called Sea Monkeys, are special aquatic animals. They twirl and wriggle around in the water and they are very easy to follow in this unique full-colour aquarium!

Contents of the kit  

- The Aqua Dragons tank (including LED lighting) with sufficient underwater living space. (15x3x15cm)
- The eggs that hatch after being added to the water.
- Sufficient food for the first year.
- Spoon/scoop to accurately measure the amount of food.
- Oxygen pipette.
- English manual. The Dutch manual digitally.

Aqua Dragons Deluxe + Colour Led Aquarium  

A new world underwater. Add the eggs to the water and within 24 hours your new underwater animals will hatch, isn't that wonderful! These aquatic animals reproduce themselves, both with eggs and live birth, so with good care, you will enjoy them for a very long time!

Special aquatic animals  

The Aqua Dragons, also known as Sea Monkeys, are special aquatic animals. They twist and wriggle around in the water and can be easily observed in this unique full-colour aquarium!
 

Colour Led Functionality  

If the water temperature changes, the colour of the LEDs in the tank's design changes accordingly. This way, you can tell by the colour whether the temperature is good and remains so! It's also fun, for example, the first time when cold water is added and slowly comes up to room temperature before the eggs can be added.

Kit Contents  

- The Aqua Dragons tank (including colour LED lighting) with ample underwater living space. (15x3x15cm)
- The eggs that hatch after being added to the water.
- Enough food for the first year.
- Spoon/scoop to accurately measure the amount of food.
- Oxygen pipette.
- English manual. The Dutch manual is digital.

Aqua Dragons Sea Friends  

The Aqua Dragons Sea Friends, like the Aqua Dragons Underwater, is a great starter pack. Everything you need to set up breeding and care for your little Aqua Dragons pets at a low price.

• a beautiful aquarium, with print (dimensions wxdxh approx. 16x3.5x18cm).


• Eggs with a water conditioner (this makes the water suitable for the Sea Monkeys)


• Food for the Sea Monkeys, enough for more than a year.


• a spoon to measure the food.


• Free App "Aqua Dragons explorer" (in English)


• Instructions (Dutch)




 
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Atta cephalotes ant colony 100+

Species

The leafcutter ant, Atta sp, also called a parasol ant from South America. This species is best known worldwide for the fungus they cultivate and the large amounts of leaves they need for it.

Due to this unique behavior, they are extremely suitable for (large) zoos, specific museums and pet stores.
 

Nutrition

This species lives off a fungus. To create this fungus, the ants use various leaves. The colonies can only be picked up in our showroom, where we also provide advice on nutrition.

Suitable for

The ant colony is only suitable if you have knowledge and experience with keeping ants. We also expect to be able to offer an Ant Farm specifically for this species by early 2020.
 

Pick-up only

Because this is a difficult, specific species, sensitive to temperature/humidity, we do not send them by post. In addition, we are happy to provide brief advice when purchasing such a colony.
 

Specifications and information  

Barn mini arena  

Handy  

This feeding dish is simple, but perfectly suited for its purpose. You can use it to offer food to your ants, and it can be connected on both sides.

The dish has the following dimensions:
- 5 cm diameter
- 2.5 cm height (including lid)
- 10 mm connectors

We supply this feeding dish including a small piece of connecting tube and 1 end cap! The connecting tube is intended for connection to an arena or Ant Farm nest. If you want to connect a test tube, you will also need a black test tube connector. You can find these under 'connection materials'. You will receive the connector for free if you also order an ant colony in the same order.

Possibilities  

You can easily provide the dish with a layer of sand and/or a few small stones. Then, offer honeydew, sugar, fruit flies, or other food in it. This way, you can create a nice feeding spot.

The dish is hermetically sealed, so there is no escape risk!

If you are not using an opening, you can leave it sealed with the end cap.
 

Petrol gauze  

Petrol gauze is a very finely woven stainless steel mesh. This mesh stops even the smallest creatures. You can use it to properly shield your own arena or ant farm.

Specifications  

Wire thickness: 0.16 mm
Mesh size: 0.26 by 0.26 mm
Dimensions: 10x10cm

Fine Mesh  

Fine mesh is a very finely woven stainless steel mesh. This mesh stops even the smallest creatures. You can use it to properly enclose your own arena or ant farm.
 

Specifications  

Wire thickness: 0.16 mm
Mesh size: 0.26 by 0.26 mm
Dimensions: 20x20cm

Petrol gauze  

Petrol gauze is a very finely woven stainless steel mesh. This mesh stops even the smallest creatures. You can use it to properly shield your own arena or ant farm.
 

Specifications  

Wire thickness: 0.16 mm
Mesh size: 0.26 by 0.26 mm
Dimensions: 50x50cm

Praying Mantis Mask

Introduction

With this high-quality praying mantis mask, you'll see the world around you like a true insect. The compound eyes are integrated into two beautiful lenses. The compound lenses consist of multiple small facets, making you see everything in small parts. Additionally, everything appears green through these glasses. Just like praying mantises, you now see only one hue.

How to use

You can easily flip the compound lenses forward or backward. This allows you to see normally or like a true insect. Recommended for children aged 4 and up.

Specifications

• This green praying mantis mask gives you an insect's view of the world
• Specially designed compound lenses that flip back and forth
• Lightweight, high-quality mask
• Safe and durable
• 14 cm wide and approximately 13 cm high

Life Cycle of the Bee

The life cycle of the bee depicted in beautiful figures. Very useful as a learning tool.

High quality plastic figures.

- Eggs
- Larva
- Pupa
- Bee

Ants Are Heroes

With every ant set or individual ant colony purchased, you receive a full-colour instruction booklet. Therefore, "Ants Are Heroes" is no longer necessary.

But whether you have purchased a product from antfarm.co.uk or are simply interested in the life of ants, this booklet will help you with background information about your ants.

You can find ants everywhere around you: in the garden, in the forest, under stones, sometimes even in your home. They are often seen as pests, but in doing so, we do these animals an injustice. An old saying goes: 'Go to the ant, consider its ways and be wise' (King Solomon, Proverbs 6:6 from the Bible). You will find that the more you see of these creatures, the more you will appreciate them. You can truly learn from them. An ant colony is a wonder of nature.

In this booklet, you will find all sorts of interesting facts and background information about ants. Good to know when studying ants, but also useful for, for example, a presentation or talk.

Happy reading!

Jan-Peter Oudenampsen

Tree Bark Substrate

A great product to cover the bottom of your terrarium/enclosure. This natural product provides a beautiful aesthetic and will delight your animals.

Supplied in a bag weighing approximately 100 grams. This is sufficient to cover the bottom of our terrariums. Of course, it can also be used to furnish our arenas.

PSG 9 Spiny Leaf Insects

Breeding set of PSG9 eggs

Order your PSG9 breeding set here, a breeding container with approximately 15 eggs of the special Australian spiny leaf insect. These eggs have been fertilized in recent months. We package eggs of different ages so that they can hatch over a longer period. Since care and conditions are important for the eggs to hatch, we cannot guarantee that all eggs will hatch.

The eggs hatch between 2 and 9 months if a male has fertilized the female. We only offer fertilized eggs. Store the eggs on a damp paper towel. This must always remain moist but not truly wet. It is best to store the eggs at 25 °C. Beware of mold!

Extatosoma tiaratum is also known as the spiny leaf insect. The species has also been given a PSG number, namely PSG 9. E. tiaratum is native to Australia and New Guinea.

Popular

This is a very popular stick insect species, due to its unusual shapes and size. Read on to learn more about caring for this stick insect.

Appearance

This species actually looks more like a type of cactus than a branch or leaf. They have striking spines and protrusions on their legs. They are often brown in color, and very occasionally green variants of this species can be found.
What is striking is the large difference between males and females. Females are thick, spiny, and up to 15 cm long. Males are slender with long wings, few spines, and a length of about 12 to 13 cm.

Behavior

This type of stick insect exhibits very special behavior. As a defense, females and nymphs mimic a scorpion! By curling their tail upwards, they resemble venomous scorpions. Predators who see this are startled and do not dare to risk attacking a potential scorpion. The harmless stick insect cleverly gets away by bluffing with its tail!
Furthermore, this is a calm animal. Since most stick insects are nocturnal, they will not show much movement during the day. In the evening, however, you can see them moving and eating.

Food

This species eats blackberry, raspberry, oak, rose, hazelnut, and eucalyptus leaves. Blackberry leaves are always available in winter.
Beware of rose bushes from the store, they are always sprayed with insecticides! Eucalyptus is mostly unsprayed, but to be safe, you should always inquire at the store.

Environmental Requirements

The temperature can vary between 20 °C and 30 °C. Room temperature is fine for these animals.
This species does not have high demands on humidity. They need some water to drink, and for molting, the humidity can also be a bit higher. Ventilation is important. We recommend misting the enclosure about twice a week.
As with all stick insect species, this species needs an enclosure that is at least 3 times the length of the animal in height, and at least 2 times the length of the animal in width. For an adult female, this means at least 45 cm high and 30 cm wide.
If the females become very large and heavy, it becomes difficult for them to climb on glass. It is better for your pet if you ensure that it can also climb up via a rough surface or branch. They often hang upside down.

Reproduction

Males and females are easy to distinguish. Females are thicker and wider and have many spines, while males are narrower with fewer spines. When they are mature, the males are very different from the females. They then have wings and are very slender. They also have very long antennae.
This species can reproduce parthenogenetically or sexually. You can keep the males and females together in an enclosure. The eggs are round brown balls. They can be distinguished from droppings because they are much rounder and shiny, and they do not fall apart if you rub them gently.

BUGzzz insect breeding bottle

Breed your insects in a great home

A beautiful, large and super transparent home where your insects are very clearly visible. A well-ventilated lid with the logo ensures the best conditions for your new pet. You can house multiple animals in this unique enclosure. Particularly ideal for breeding praying mantises, stick insects, leaf insects, snails, worms and ladybugs.

Dimensions

BUGzzz L insect enclosure (5000 ml)
Diameter: 17.5 cm
Height: 25.5 cm

Food and moisture can be easily added to the enclosure; the lid is easy to unscrew from the plastic bottle

Specifications

We supply the bottle including a ventilated lid. The interior can be arranged as you wish. The photos provide clear examples of the possibilities. Decorative stones and artificial plants are available through our website.

Camponotus barbaricus ant colony 2-5  

Species  

The Camponotus barbaricus ant is one of the largest ants in the world. Especially the queen, but also the majors found in larger colonies, are impressive! Our ant colonies consist of a queen, a few workers, and, depending on the stage, brood. This number depends on the number of eggs that have developed into ants (egg-larva-pupa-ant). This colony contains 2 to 5 workers, and these workers have therefore been produced by the queen ant herself. The queen lays eggs in stages.

Nutrition  

The nutrition kit above is a complete diet for this developing colony. The kit consists of sugar water, honeydew, and fruit flies. A larger colony will also need larger insects.

Suitable for  

The ant colony is intended for acrylic, plaster, and sand ant farms. Due to their size, they are also very suitable for the Plaster Ant Farm and other robust products. We also recommend using an arena. The ants can get their food there and dispose of waste. Many products have an integrated arena. You can find this ant colony in a special combination price offer with various ant farms. If you are looking for ants for a gel ant farm, we recommend the ant family.

Packaging and shipping  

The photo shows how we actually deliver the colony. The colony is in a test tube with cotton behind it, which provides water to keep the nest tube partly moist. The colony can remain in this tube for up to a few weeks without care (after receipt). We also guarantee the life of the queen for that long. If the queen does not arrive alive or dies within a few weeks, we will provide a replacement colony.

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Capital Hill 25x16x15

Take your ant city setup to new heights and place your Capital Square (Arena 25x16x15) above your nest area.
This creates the same setup for your ants as in nature:
1. The outdoor habitat -> the above-ground part in nature.
2. The nesting area -> the underground part in nature


The product has a super sleek design and literally and figuratively adds an extra dimension to your ant setup.

You don't have to worry about whether this Capital Hill is sturdy enough; the square construction provides a solid base and supports your arena over its entire surface! Made from high-quality acrylic.

Decoration 3 tree stump  

A playful decoration for your arena or outdoor environment. This piece consists of 3 tree stumps next to each other and gives a natural look. The 3 tree stumps are available in different colors and are shipped randomly.

Dimensions: 3x1x1cm

Decoration Bridge  

Nice decorative bridge to furnish your arena with. Give your ants the opportunity to cross water ;)
 

Dimensions: 3.5x2x8cm (h x w x d)