## Tapinoma sessile Complete Starter Kit — Live Odorous House Ant Colony + Desktop Ant Farm Included
Everything you need to start your first ant colony — live ants, farm, and full setup included.
Meet Tapinoma sessile — the Odorous House Ant. One of North America's most adaptable, fast-growing, and forgiving ant species, and hands down one of the best choices for beginners and experienced keepers alike. These ants are relentlessly active, naturally polygyne (multiple queens), and build colonies that grow fast and stay interesting. If you've ever wanted to watch a real working ant colony up close, this is your kit.
This bundle pairs a live, established Tapinoma sessile colony with our Desktop Ant Farm — the same complete setup we include with our flagship Veromessor pergandei kit. Everything arrives ready to go. No guessing, no separate orders, no missing parts.
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### What's Inside
Live Colony:
- Your choice of colony size (see options below)
- Queens, workers, and brood — active and ready to establish
- Live arrival guarantee — recipient must be present at time of delivery
Complete Desktop Ant Farm Setup:
- Desktop Ant Farm nest frame + outworld
- Vinyl connection tubing
- Test tube starting setup
- Every kit ships with a 90-Day Carb & Water Maintenance Pack already placed inside your outworld — two pre-filled test tubes loaded with Red Ant Drank and pure RO water, both sealed with a moisture-barrier cotton plug your ants can drink through effortlessly. Remove the packing paper, unbox your kit, and your colony's nutrition is already handled for the next 90 days. No setup required.
- tweezers
- 10-15 Live Mealworms
- Feeding dish
- Decorative plant
- Full setup instructions
- Ongoing customer support from AntopiaUSA
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### Colony Size Options
- Starter — 1 queen + 20–30 workers & brood
- Growing — 2 queens + 50–100 workers & brood
Multi-queen colonies establish faster, bounce back from stress quicker, and scale dramatically compared to single-queen alternatives. If you want to see real colony behavior fast, go bigger.
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### Why Tapinoma sessile
Tapinoma sessile is native across most of North America, tolerates a wide range of temperatures and humidity, and accepts almost any food source. Their polygyne colony structure means worker production ramps up quickly — you won't be waiting months to see real activity. They're fast, visible, and genuinely entertaining to watch. New keepers love them because they're hard to kill. Experienced keepers love them because they never stop moving.
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Approved states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Orders placed from unapproved states will be automatically cancelled. A 15% restocking fee will be applied, or at our discretion, a legally shippable substitute species of equal value may be sent in its place.
## Tapinoma sessile Complete Starter Kit — Live Odorous House Ant Colony + Desktop Ant Farm Included
Everything you need to start your first ant colony — live ants, farm, and full setup included.
Meet Tapinoma sessile — the Odorous House Ant. One of North America's most adaptable, fast-growing, and forgiving ant species, and hands down one of the best choices for beginners and experienced keepers alike. These ants are relentlessly active, naturally polygyne (multiple queens), and build colonies that grow fast and stay interesting. If you've ever wanted to watch a real working ant colony up close, this is your kit.
This bundle pairs a live, established Tapinoma sessile colony with our Desktop Ant Farm — the same complete setup we include with our flagship Veromessor pergandei kit. Everything arrives ready to go. No guessing, no separate orders, no missing parts.
---
### What's Inside
Live Colony:
- Your choice of colony size (see options below)
- Queens, workers, and brood — active and ready to establish
- Live arrival guarantee — recipient must be present at time of delivery
Complete Desktop Ant Farm Setup:
- Desktop Ant Farm nest frame + outworld
- Vinyl connection tubing
- Test tube starting setup
- Every kit ships with a 90-Day Carb & Water Maintenance Pack already placed inside your outworld — two pre-filled test tubes loaded with Red Ant Drank and pure RO water, both sealed with a moisture-barrier cotton plug your ants can drink through effortlessly. Remove the packing paper, unbox your kit, and your colony's nutrition is already handled for the next 90 days. No setup required.
- tweezers
- 10-15 Live Mealworms
- Feeding dish
- Decorative plant
- Full setup instructions
- Ongoing customer support from AntopiaUSA
---
### Colony Size Options
- Starter — 1 queen + 20–30 workers & brood
- Growing — 2 queens + 50–100 workers & brood
Multi-queen colonies establish faster, bounce back from stress quicker, and scale dramatically compared to single-queen alternatives. If you want to see real colony behavior fast, go bigger.
---
### Why Tapinoma sessile
Tapinoma sessile is native across most of North America, tolerates a wide range of temperatures and humidity, and accepts almost any food source. Their polygyne colony structure means worker production ramps up quickly — you won't be waiting months to see real activity. They're fast, visible, and genuinely entertaining to watch. New keepers love them because they're hard to kill. Experienced keepers love them because they never stop moving.
---
Approved states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Orders placed from unapproved states will be automatically cancelled. A 15% restocking fee will be applied, or at our discretion, a legally shippable substitute species of equal value may be sent in its place.
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