Ants in Amber for Sale

Ants: Hymenoptera, Formicidae

When I first set up these pages, I should have organized them as to the type of insect. I did not, but to that effect, it doesn't mean that I can't start. Here is an entire page with just ants. Nothing but ants! As you probably know, ants are insects in the family Formicidae. There are all types, from the very small to the very large. We even have a number of queen ants! Actually we have a good assortment of queens - which we will put up at another time. As you can guess, queen ants are VERY expensive so much so that they are not normally purchased by the casual collector. If you cannot wait for a particular family, feel free to contact us, if you can specify your request by family or tribe, we may be able to help you (this goes for regular ants and even queens.)

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$72
#1 If that picture doesn't catch your attention, nothing will. Subfamily Dolichoderinae, you will find the spikes after the head to be very telling. The amber is flattish and has numerous air bubbles. So many they prevented me from taking pictures on the other side of the ant. Neat ant.
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$59
#3 Subfamily Myrmicinae, the Myrmicines range greatly in size, with the smallest about 1 mm long and the largest up to 10 mm. There is a small Myrmicine in this cloudy piece of amber. In addition there appears to be a larvae or nymph on the other side.
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$36
#4 Subfamily Myrmicinae, similar to the one above, this piece of amber has some areas that look like leaf inclusions (they are not though.) There is a nice wasp near the ant.
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$48
SOLD #5 Clear piece of amber with a single male, Aztrca ant, Hymenoptera, subfamily Dolichoderinae. Very nice male with beautiful wings.
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$66
#6 Nice piece with a worker, Camponotus ant (subfamily Formicidae). Good example of a Camonatus ant.
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$49
SOLD #7 Female worker ant, Hymenoptera, Formicidae in the genus Dolichoderus and subgenus monacis. The gal seems to be a bit distorted.
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$88
#8 Contains a nice female worker Anochetus ant, Subfamily Ponerinae, Anochetus. Also has near the ant, a cockroach, small but easily seen.
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$428
#9 Just one ant in a simple piece of Dominican amber. But oh boy, what an ant. This is a real queen ant, Hymenoptera, Formicidae. As rare as hens teeth - queen ants are not commonly found and when found are a rare treasure indeed. Enjoy this rarity. By the way, there is a small mite (also unusual) and near the queen, there are the remains of a spider web (not a lot, but some). All in all, this makes for a very special piece of amber.
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$89
#10 A beautiful amber piece with a rather large female worker ant. the ant is curled, so it is difficult to see her at one time - but it is a good piece.
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$85
#11. Neat piece of amber with a female worker ant, Hymenoptera, Dolichoderus, genus Monacis!
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$66
#12 A male winged ant, Hymenoptera, Formicidae. The piece is large and contains 2 internal stress planes. If you can polish amber, you could work down around the ant.
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$119
#13 Large piece of amber with a very large female ant, Hymenoptera. You will like this piece, if not for the size of the ant.
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$82
#14 A very clear piece of Dominican amber with a female Azteca ant, Hymenoptera, Dolichoderminae. Nice piece.
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$84
#15 This one, someone should be able to ID. The abdomen has a nice 'club shape' (heart?) to it. This is a solitary, sterile, worker female ant. The ant's legs are wrapped around an air bubble. The amber is thin and contains some very interesting organic material (excretions from beetles?) Nice piece of Dominican amber.
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$99
SOLD #16 Talk about cool, this is a death assembly of a hand full of female Azetca ants. This is a real cool piece - the amber is not big but the animals inside - wow.
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$44
#17. Smallish piece of Dominican amber with a female ant, Hymenoptera, Ponerinae, Gnamptogenys - unusual.
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$29
SOLD #18 A small piece of yellow amber with a large winged ant. The ant just about fills up this small piece of amber.
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$62
SOLD #19 Here is another small piece of amber with a nice sterile female worker ant. Just a good piece. One more comment about this one. There is something hanging from the mandibles that reminds me of sausages. I think they are to small to be eggs, but that is what comes to mind.
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$73
#20 Just a great example of a female worker Camponotus ant, Hymenoptera, Formicidae.
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$49
SOLD #21 Small piece of amber with a perfect ant, female, sterile and a worker. The ant has the club shaped abdomen. There is also a thrip near the ant.
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$39
SOLD #22 Nice, small piece of amber with a sterile female worker ant, just off to the side. Very easy to see without a microscope.
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$53
#23 Two nice male, winged ants in nice bit of Dominican amber. Looks like there are 3 'sun spangles' in the amber (there really isn't, but it looks that way.)
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$55
#24 This piece has 2 sterile female ants. One is curled and the other stretched out. There appears to be some organic debris here possibly from a wood boring beetle. Nice piece.
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$38
#25 A fairly large ant (female worker) in a small piece of amber. This piece has a slight surface glaze.
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$261
SOLD #26 Very large leaf cutter ant with very long legs. The amber is VERY clear and a great yellow color. This is a particularly impressive specimen.
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$114
#27 A real interesting piece - the amber is very clear and a great amber color. The ant is good and nicely placed. To cap this off, the mandibles on this guy are UNREAL. I do not know my ants well enough to ID the ant, but it should be easy with these mandibles. There are a number of other animals in this piece, along with some surface glazing (no detraction though).
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$78
#28 This is one of those pieces that something new shows up every time you look at it. There are two female ants, and something else - in fact there is more.
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$478
SOLD #29 Ever wanted to see a queen ant? Here it is. This is a queen in the subfamily Poncerinae. Species of ponerines range from small and cryptic to large and conspicuous. They are found throughout Australia from pristine habitats to disturbed sites such as gardens and parks, and can be quite abundant. Workers are predacious, generally forage on the ground, and some specialize on a very limited range of prey. In addition, many species have powerful and painful stings used for subduing prey and as a defensive measure against intruders. Actually finding a queen ant is presently a rare event, much less finding a queen ant in 25 million year old Dominican amber. Unbelievably rare! The scanned image does not show this beauty off well.
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$568
SOLD #30 Believe it or not, here is a second QUEEN ant. Good sized piece of amber, 8.1 grams. The surface has a crazing that does not go into the specimen at all. There is a leaf on one side (nice one). The queen ant a really beautiful. Nicely positioned and spread so that she can easily be studied. This queen ant is really a find, just great. The amber like all the other amber on this page is Dominican Republic and is about 25 million years old. This was taken from the La Toca mines.
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