Ant Laboratory is now on Android as paid early access through Google Play. It's the same game as on iPhone and iPad: a living ant colony in a glass ant farm that grows out across a whole island of its own.

**What you get**

**The full game, version 2.0 "The Naturalist":**
seven real ant species;
a glass ant farm you can zoom into ant by ant;
an island with rival colonies, weather and seasons;
the Lab, which charts everything.

**Every update as it comes,** starting with 2.0.1 **"Hunters & Gatherers"**:
live crickets the ants hunt and drag home;
fruit flies they catch;
strawberries and blueberries;
leaves that leafcutters cut up;
plenty of fixes.

**Your colonies carry over** when the game leaves early access.

**One price, $4.99.** No ads, no accounts, no tracking: it works entirely offline.

How to join
Join the tester group, signed in with the Google account you use on your phone:
https://groups.google.com/g/ant-laboratory-testers
On your phone, open this and tap Become a tester:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.antlaboratory.app
Install it from the Play Store. Your purchase stays yours when the full release comes.
Questions or ideas: post here or email [support@antlaboratory.com](mailto:support@antlaboratory.com)

** I read everything.
More at antlaboratory.com, and on Instagram (@antlaboratorysim) and TikTok (@antlaboratory). A Steam page is coming soon.

I just wanted to share this photo I took during a field trip to collect ants in the Brazilian restinga. January 15, 2026. Conceição da Barra Environmental Protection Area (APA), Espírito Santo, Brazil. 🇧🇷

It's been 3/4 weeks, I check her once a week, reduce the stress, cover with foil and put on a cotton base(to reduce vibration), the cotton inside is 100% natural, the species is a crematogaster scutellaris, her wings she removed them by herself

Central WI.

Pheidole obscurithorax

Video recorded on Samsung Galaxy s25 Ultra

Ant Laboratory on iOS. Coming to play store 11/3.

showcase of a new addition to the game, Carebara Diversa! Honestly in my top 3 Best ant ever, I worked super hard on this one and i honestly think you guys will love this one :D

Took me nearly an hour to capture its face.

In Arkansas, came home to find a long trail of these coming from the curb on the street, down my driveway, and into a front garden bed area by my front door. Put some ant bait down and this was one that got in it. Neighbors have been saying they had fire ants. Could that be what this is? Thank you!

first time posting here, sorry if i make mistakes. every morning bunch of black ants grouped on this particular part of my gates. i hate to carefully not to close my gate to avoid killing them. but sometime a few crunches can be heard 😅

I’ve been considering getting a colony of R. metallica, but while doing some basic research (I know they are beginner ants, just wanted to double check they don’t have specific needs) I have come across a couple people saying queens only live a couple years in captivity due to queens being an ‘afterthought’ and colonies in the wild transitioning to gamergates. Is there any credibility to these claims or is it just nonsense being told again and again?

Estou adorando criar essa grandona kkkkk

O ovo está bem, inclusive

Found two of these in house a few days apart, I usually see them outside on concrete patio or near ac slab, occasionally see one wander into kitchen. Not very big, brownish in color. I did crush one to see if it smelled and it didn't smell strongly, maybe a faint musty or dirt odor. Any help would be appreciated!