Put your beetle-jelly cups (or fill an empty one with seeds for example) up on the spiral tower to allow the ants to show off clearly visible food-trails.

After a pair of tweezers and a pipette, a pencil brush is probably the most important tool for an antkeeper to have to help picking up and moving small ants and fragile brood.

Generally handy jar for all kinds of purposes like taking it with you on holiday for collecting ants. Or for freezing small feeder insects with little air exposure.

Our Extention connectors make it easy to create multi-tube setups. Like for providing an additional dry tube to granivorous species, or hibernating colonies that don't fit in a single tube.

Our Extention connectors make it easy to create multi-tube setups. Like for providing an additional dry tube to granivorous species, or hibernating colonies that don't fit in a single tube.

We designed these connectors for a perfect fit with our 16x150 mm LP Italiana test tubes ('made in Italy' on the bottom) and for standard 9 mm tubing.

A handy 9 mm tubing connector for 16x150 mm LP Italiana test tubes. Hexagon rim to prevent rolling, rubber ring for a perfect fit and complete with a single ventilated stopper.

A special connector for test tubes that include a handy feeding trough and our ventilated stopper. This version has added roofing for people that use talcum on the tube's entrance.

A handy dropper bottle for storing your selfmade honeydew surrogate.

A handy dropper bottle for storing your selfmade honeydew surrogate.

To work efficiently, work in batches. The small feeding inserts however arent very stable outside a test tube so they are best filled when locked in place on the special filling tray.

A way to feed small colonies in test tubes quicker, safer and cleaner. These are designed to fit our 150mm LP Italia brand plastic test tubes. Insert into the tube in the direction of the arrow!

A way to feed small colonies in test tubes quicker, safer and cleaner. These are designed to fit our 150mm LP Italia brand plastic test tubes. Insert into the tube in the direction of the arrow!

The best escape barrier possible. We also include a suitable brush for application, but make to look up on how to apply the lacquer properly.

For the few ant keepers that actually manage to use more than 10ml Fluon, we've also got a larger version.

A convenient replacement for the typical cotton stoppers used in our waterfeeders. It provides a thin, risk-free film of water to drink from with no big difference in evaporation.

A convenient replacement for the typical cotton stoppers used in our waterfeeders. It provides a thin, risk-free film of water to drink from with no big difference in evaporation.

A good way to allow large colonies to drink large amounts of liquid food without making a mess. Designed to work with our cheap 160x16mm LP Italiana tubes. Comes with a testtube included.

A cheap but surprisingly functional water reservoir for in the outworld of larger colonies. Fill the nozzle with cotton to prevent ants from drowning or going into the reservoir.

A cheap but surprisingly functional water reservoir for in the outworld of larger colonies. Fill the nozzle with cotton to prevent ants from drowning or going into the reservoir.

Standard plastic 'pasteur' pipettes with a capacity of 3ml for putting down drops of liquid food or filling small feeders. Will last longer if thorougly rinsed after use.

Though better than plastic disposable pipettes, the glass ones are a bit fragile. So occasionally you'll need a replacement. Comes in a shipping protector..

While plastic pipettes usually can get the job done, glass ones are fully reusable and provide much better precision. This version has a cheaper ballon made of PVC.

A workstation to keep your pipette and a jar of liquid food ready in a convenient and secure manner. Includes a 150 glass pipet with latex balloon and an additional replacement..

Sometimes all you need is a handy little spatula. From gently wiping garbage from a colony in a testtube, slicing beetlejelly, to scraping Redrunner oothecas from eggcartons.

A universal stopper to quickly and cleanly close off 9 mm connectors in our assortment. The stopper has holes providing ventilation, but be wary with extremely destructive ant species.

Glass test tubes are not only easier to clean, but also look nicer and allow for better photographs. They are however fragile, so these are the toughest we could find.

When you want a larger test tube for the larger ant species, glass is your only option. Glass is obviously more fragile, so these are the toughest ones we could find.

This size of test tube generally isn't suitable for keeping an ant colony, because the water reservoir doesn't last long enough. Still very suitable as a watertube for in an outworld.

This size of test tube generally isn't suitable for keeping an ant colony, because the water reservoir doesn't last long enough. Still very suitable as a watertube for in an outworld.

The standard testtube to keep small ant colonies in. Filled halfway it holds enough water to last for 3-4 months and the slight flared design reduces the risk of the water leaking past the cotton.

The standard testtube to keep small ant colonies in. Filled halfway it holds enough water to last for 3-4 months and the slight flared design reduces the risk of the water leaking past the cotton.

This stackable test tube tray has a special clip that will even hold the tubes in place when held at an angle. It also has grooves for a heating cable and a transparent label holder.

This stackable test tube tray has a special clip that will even hold the tubes in place when held at 90 degrees. It also has grooves for a heatingcable and a transparent label holder.

Prevents your housing and water test tubes from rolling around and makes them easy to pick up with tweezers. This inner diameter is designed to work with our 15x100mm tubes.

Prevents your housing and water test tubes from rolling around and makes them easier to pick up with tweezers. This inner diameter is designed to work with our 16x150mm tubes.

Keeping ants at the right temperature is extremely important, but it's hard to measure inside a nest. This why it's important for an antkeeper to have an infra-red thermometer. Rechargable batteries are included.

Our smallest feeding plateaus, suitable to be used in our test tube feeder boxes. These are shaped to reduce the risk of drowning for small ant species.

A small feeding trough, with effort put into the design to reduce the risk of small, clumsy or impatient ant species drowning in their liquid food.

A small feeding trough, with effort put into the design to reduce the risk of small, clumsy or impatient ant species drowning in their liquid food.

In some situations, like helping an alate that didn't shed her wings, you'll occasionally need tweezers with the best precision and the ability to hold firmly.

The longest entomological tweezers in our assortment, also has the lightest grip. Most suited for working deep inside a test tube, even capable of gently pickup up egg clusters!

This shorter model is more responsive and the angled tip is excellent to catching chase down running ants with. Also the slightly stronger grip will keep larger ants from pulling themselves free.

Sometimes you need to be able to apply a lot more force with the tips of your tweezers, like pulling out cotton from a test tube or pre-killing a big cockroach. One of those tweezers you won't use often, but can't do without.