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Toy in packaging | Front of box is yellow and green with a kid holding an ant farm and smiling. | Shows example ant colony in a small picture on the front with text "See ants dig real tunnels!"
Insect Lore

Ant Mountain: Ant Tunneling Kit

$27.99
SKU: IL5510

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Ages: 6+
Become a Myrmecologist (a person who studies ants), while watching a colony of Harvester Ants burrow underground to create an amazing network of subterranean tunnels, walkways, and secret chambers! Observe these hard working critters work cooperatively to tunnel, explore, and forage throughout their rugged environment.

First step: sending in your voucher. Once they arrive, set up Ant Mountain by carefully following the step-by-step instructions to to pour the sand into the flat side of the mountain, add some water, allow to dry and add the critters in!

Ants are Fascinating to watch, so you'll spend hours discovering and observing their habitat and getting to know the ants:
  • Recognize their favorite food to eat - Celery, Apples, Carrots, maybe even Peanut Butter.
  • Try to find a queen, alpha ant.
  • Identify the insect's head, thorax, abdomen, six jointed legs, and a harden outside shell up close and personal!

Contents:
  • Escape-Proof Two-Sided viewing habitat
  • Special "easy dig" sand
  • Sand Rod for tunneling
  • Certificate to redeem your colony of 25-50 Harvester Ants
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