About
Tiki Ants is an English-based online retailer specialising in ant keeping products and ships to customers across Europe. Founded as a new entrant to the ant-keeping hobby market, the store focuses on accessible, practical equipment for keeping live ant colonies at home in a safe and ethical way.
Ant keeping is a niche hobby that involves observing the behaviour, organisation and lifecycle of ants within controlled artificial habitats known as formicaria. Enthusiasts keep colonies for education, scientific interest and observation rather than handling, with a strong emphasis on welfare, correct housing, hydration and feeding.
Tiki Ants sells ant nests (formicaria), modular outworlds, a starter kit and accessories such as pipettes, tweezers and cotton wool. The store is aimed at both first-time ant keepers and established hobbyists, with products designed to be modular, minimalist and easy to use.
Why keep ants?
Ants offer a rare chance to observe a complete social system at close range. A single colony contains division of labour, communication, decision-making, and long-term planning, all operating continuously and without training or interference. Unlike most animals, ants make their internal world visible, allowing everyday behaviours to be watched rather than inferred.
Keeping ants is also a practical way to engage with biology and ecology. Their lifecycles, environmental needs, and responses to change can be observed directly, making them a living model of evolution, cooperation, and adaptation. For many, this quiet, contained complexity is more compelling than traditional pets, offering sustained curiosity rather than interaction.
