🚚 SHIPPING INCLUDED — NO HIDDEN FEES!
All live ants now ship in upgraded insulated boxes with a heat or cold pack based on your local temperatures — 2–3 day expedited shipping is fully included at checkout. Just select Free Shipping and you're covered.
• Fertile Queen or Colony – Carefully selected and health-checked
• Workers + Brood – Includes a mix of stages when available
• Free Feeding Dish – Pre-loaded into the shipping tube for ease of care
• Dual Test Tube Setup – Includes flood-resistant transit tube and hydration tube for transfer
• Live Arrival Guarantee – Applies when someone is present to receive the package and all shipping criteria are met
• Need Help? Call or email us for a step-by-step walkthrough on safe transferring
Leptogenys elongata is a fascinating predatory ant native to Texas, known for its specialized diet and unusual colony dynamics. This species prefers low-elevation, moist environments, particularly where terrestrial isopods are abundant — their primary prey source.
• Specialized Diet – Middens indicate an almost exclusive preference for isopods (Wheeler, 1904)
• Unique Colony Structure – Typically monogynous (single queen per colony); extra queens are expelled
• Reproduction Behavior – Virgin queens reportedly wander and are fertilized by roaming males (Wheeler, 1904)
• Distinct Queen Morphology – Queens have an enlarged gaster and lower petiole compared to workers
• Active and Predatory – Not for beginners, but highly rewarding for experienced ant keepers
Available to Texas Residents Only
Orders placed from outside of Texas will be canceled and refunded minus a 15% processing fee to cover administrative and handling costs.
🚚 SHIPPING INCLUDED — NO HIDDEN FEES!
All live ants now ship in upgraded insulated boxes with a heat or cold pack based on your local temperatures — 2–3 day expedited shipping is fully included at checkout. Just select Free Shipping and you're covered.
• Fertile Queen or Colony – Carefully selected and health-checked
• Workers + Brood – Includes a mix of stages when available
• Free Feeding Dish – Pre-loaded into the shipping tube for ease of care
• Dual Test Tube Setup – Includes flood-resistant transit tube and hydration tube for transfer
• Live Arrival Guarantee – Applies when someone is present to receive the package and all shipping criteria are met
• Need Help? Call or email us for a step-by-step walkthrough on safe transferring
Leptogenys elongata is a fascinating predatory ant native to Texas, known for its specialized diet and unusual colony dynamics. This species prefers low-elevation, moist environments, particularly where terrestrial isopods are abundant — their primary prey source.
• Specialized Diet – Middens indicate an almost exclusive preference for isopods (Wheeler, 1904)
• Unique Colony Structure – Typically monogynous (single queen per colony); extra queens are expelled
• Reproduction Behavior – Virgin queens reportedly wander and are fertilized by roaming males (Wheeler, 1904)
• Distinct Queen Morphology – Queens have an enlarged gaster and lower petiole compared to workers
• Active and Predatory – Not for beginners, but highly rewarding for experienced ant keepers
Available to Texas Residents Only
Orders placed from outside of Texas will be canceled and refunded minus a 15% processing fee to cover administrative and handling costs.
