This Habitat makes a perfect ant farm that will be enjoyable to watch and easy to clean and maintain. Coconut fiber retains moisture better than soil or peat moss and it is clean and sterile. Large opening on top of the Mantis Habitat allows for easy feeding and cleaning. The unique moss included helps with humility control. The Light-Up Praying Mantis Habitat is perfect for raising adult mantis or for hatching mantis eggs. This Habitat could also be used for Ant Farms. It has many uses. The habitat is very sturdy. We carefully package each habitat with padding and they are shipped in sturdy shipping boxes.