Giant African Harvester Ants
Messor Cephalotes are many peoples dream species, Queens are around 20-24mm long and have a beautiful red and brown/black colouration. They make Messor barbarus look tiny vs these beasts.
This species is mostly found in East Africa including Kenya and Ethiopia it is very hard for retailers to source hence why it is not often sold.
Live arrival guarantee:
We guarantee the live arrival of your Queen they come well packed in our jiffy bags which have two-sided padding as well as an additional layer of bubble wrap around our test tubes. We are the only company in the United Kingdom to offer our live arrival guarantee of your queen as well as an additional 14-day guarantee if the colony if kept in the original test tube for all our European species. Why do we do this? We are confident with our colony’s health and our packaging process as well as our care guides, we also believe in our customers and making sure they have a good ant keeping experience.
Kindly contact us if you are interested for more details.



