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Fresh-caught Neoponera villosa queens are a fascinating, advanced species prized by experienced ant keepers for their size, strength, and primitive behavior. Formerly classified under Pachycondyla, this species represents one of the more ancestral ant lineages, exhibiting simple but powerful colony dynamics.
These queens are wild-collected in Texas during natural nuptial flights and offered unclaustrated, meaning they require feeding and attentive care from the start. This species is not recommended for beginners.
Texas sales only
Approved shipping states are listed above. If the species you ordered cannot be legally shipped to your state, we may substitute a comparable species of equal or greater value that we are approved to ship to your location, at our discretion. If we do not have a suitable substitute available, your order will be canceled and refunded minus a 15% restocking fee.
Live arrival guarantee: your colony is covered for 7 days from delivery. To qualify you must be present to receive the package, and you must contact us within 15 minutes of the delivery notification with clear photos or video of any substantial issue. We do not use signature confirmation, so please watch your tracking and don't let the box sit outside in heat or cold.
Every live ant order ships with heat packs or ice packs and an insulated box at no extra cost. These are always included in the shipping price.
We ship live ants Monday through Wednesday only, so no colony spends a weekend in transit. During peak season the most that should pass before your order ships is 5-7 days; in slower months it's typically 2-3.
Fresh-caught Neoponera villosa queens are a fascinating, advanced species prized by experienced ant keepers for their size, strength, and primitive behavior. Formerly classified under Pachycondyla, this species represents one of the more ancestral ant lineages, exhibiting simple but powerful colony dynamics.
These queens are wild-collected in Texas during natural nuptial flights and offered unclaustrated, meaning they require feeding and attentive care from the start. This species is not recommended for beginners.
Texas sales only
Approved shipping states are listed above. If the species you ordered cannot be legally shipped to your state, we may substitute a comparable species of equal or greater value that we are approved to ship to your location, at our discretion. If we do not have a suitable substitute available, your order will be canceled and refunded minus a 15% restocking fee.
Live arrival guarantee: your colony is covered for 7 days from delivery. To qualify you must be present to receive the package, and you must contact us within 15 minutes of the delivery notification with clear photos or video of any substantial issue. We do not use signature confirmation, so please watch your tracking and don't let the box sit outside in heat or cold.
Every live ant order ships with heat packs or ice packs and an insulated box at no extra cost. These are always included in the shipping price.
We ship live ants Monday through Wednesday only, so no colony spends a weekend in transit. During peak season the most that should pass before your order ships is 5-7 days; in slower months it's typically 2-3.