Tip 3) lvl 3 warriors are your friends, best friends, early on. more aphids you get the faster they produce food. Tip 2, focus on aphids, do not spend your ants trying to kill creatures, they don't give enough food, this mission is all about steadily building your aphid farm and using 'that' as your primary means of food. use your initial food to get at least 5-6 soldiers, and keep grinding them out until you are set Tip 1) Focus on Soldiers AND ONLY SOLDIERS day 1. So i'll tell you my tips b4 i do a recording of me doing the mission on Hard (will upload on youtube and post link here) But i was using the varient of the fire ant which gave free spawns not the aggressive variant so results may differ. So i 'FINALLY' found a way to beat the level despite how hard it seems, given i 'was' playing on hard but 'DAMN' was this mission really a test of restraint and careful maneuvering.