Infested with mites, zero eggs, and no accountability
I ordered an odontomachus bauri ant queen from Ant&Co, which was advertised to arrive with eggs. Unfortunately, my experience was highly disappointing: The queen arrived heavily infested with mites inside her shipping tube. Despite my immediate efforts to move her into a clean, sterile tube to save her, the damage was already done, and she died 3 weeks later due to the infestation.
Moreover, contrary to the product description, she arrived with absolutely zero eggs, and due to the stress and parasites, she never laid any after arrival.
I contacted Ant&Co and got no customer support: the owner refused to take any responsibility for the poor condition of the livestock they shipped. My 10 year old for whom I bought this ant was devasted when he found the infested queen dead. I cannot recommend buying live species from this store given the lack of quality control and unhelpful customer service.







