Leafcutter Ant Starter Kit
Leafcutter Ant Starter Kit (3 Pod System)
Leaf Cutter Ant Starter Kit – 3 pod system + heating box
Temperature-controlled system | All-in-one kit | Designed for Atta and Acromyrmex Colonies
Have you always wanted to keep leafcutter ants? Discovering the world of leaf cutter ants couldn’t be easier now. This complete starter setup takes the guesswork out of temperature, humidity, and layout, offering everything you need to begin keeping Atta or Acromyrmex species in a controlled, low-maintenance environment.
Perfect for new and seasoned keepers ready to take on this fascinating species, the system has been carefully designed to meet the specific environmental needs of their fungus gardens.
This full kit includes all core modules: fungus pod, feeding pod, waste pod, and heating box along with all connecting tubes, heating elements, and climate monitoring. Each component is engineered to work together seamlessly, providing stable temperature and humidity conditions year-round.
Designed for simplicity and performance
The included heating box creates a consistent environment for fungal growth, with integrated cable clips, 15W heat cables, and ventilation ports. Dual temperature and moisture monitors offer live readings via Bluetooth, helping you maintain 24.5–25°C and 90–100% humidity inside the fungus pod. An optional 40mm USB fan (sold separately) can be installed to introduce cooler air on warm days, ideal when used alongside room air conditioning.
Easy to construct and modular
All large components are now supplied flat-pack with detailed instructions, making setup straightforward and allowing for secure shipping across. The layout of the pods side-by-side requires a a dedicated area of approximately 1.2 metres.
Smart, expandable system
The setup is designed to grow with your colony and can connect and expand to future fungus, foraging and waste pods.
What’s included
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1x Fungus pod
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1x Foraging pod
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1x Waste pod
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1x Heating Box
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2x 4m 15W Heat Cables
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2x Acrylic Tubes (30cm each, 28mm ID / 32mm OD)
Estimated size with pods side by side: Minimum 1.2m
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Begin Your Ant Journey
Essentials
Live Arrival, Handled With Care
WE MAKE SURE YOUR ANTS TRAVEL SAFELY
Whether it’s your first colony or your latest addition, we tailor the packaging to the needs of each species, ready for their journey home.
Step 1
We Receive Your Order
Step 2
Your colony is prepared
Step 3
Ready for the journey
Step 4
Welcome them home
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My go to place, large selection of ants and top quality service. My ant empire is slowly growing with the latest edition of Acromyrmex octospinosus which was well packed and the fungus has next to no die off from the shipping.
I recieved my lovely Myrmecia nigriceps queen in haste. Box was well packaged; Temperature was well defended against, and disturbance was well reduced with 2 layers of loose packing peanuts, one outside of the polystyrene box, and one inside...
We bought this for our granddaughter, as she had a pet garden ant that sadly passed way. We got The formiLab (nano) ant nest starter kit. The ant colony is Messor barbarus with one queen and 2/5 workers and there are brood too! Everything you need to get started...
A wonderful company bringing ants to the masses. My son and I attended a workshop with Cesar today. He was wonderfully knowledgeable and handled 8 children so well who were excited about being ant keepers....
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