Feeling a Little Ant-cy???

Then try out this new and improved space age version of Uncle Milton's Ant Farm, a.k.a Ant Works. The one I had when I was growing up came with messy, sticky, white sand that went everywhere except where it was suppose to go when it was poured between the panels.

The secret is in the gel and we'll just call it a whole lot of convenience packed into one punch since the ants never need food or water.
As they dig their tunnels, they are actually eating through their water and food supply which makes mom's job virtually maintenance free.

The kit is a full inch in width, treating the viewer to a 3-dimensional study of more complex tunneling.

And durable enough that it can be laid on its side without fear of tunnel collapse to see how ants adapt to shifts in their environment.

We even put the kit in the frig for a couple of hours to see how insects react to extreme temperatures. My daughter suggested the freezer, but that probably would have put an end to any future experiments with the Pogonomyrmex barbatus; how's that for a scientific name for the red harvester ant.

The down side is that it can't be reused for ants, but it will make a nice viewer for future bug examination.