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Secondary Swarms as queens start to hatch: Part 2 of the swarm story video.
An update on the bees, 2 weeks after the initial swarm these smaller swarms are carrying virgin queens. I was able to catch all of these in a 5 gallon bucket, and transfered them into their own hive. The hive I thought was queenless actually does have a queen laying so now we have six hives total! Swarming is a natural way to control mites and allow the strongest bees to thrive into the next year.
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Crazy Swarm Season: The Queen Left Twice! Second year beekeeping stories & a quick chat about Warre
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Sorry my mic picks up my breath so badly; hahaha I swear I'm not as out of shape as it sounds! What a crazy year so far in the bee yard! Bear attacks, swarms, daring tree climbing, and more! join me in learning about bees. This hive that made it through winter had now swarmed so many times we are up to our ears and making hives as fast as they fill. what a wonderful sunny week full of good news...
Roach Cleaning Day with the ivory roaches, my chickens' favorite day yum yum! At least I get dirt :)
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Roach cleaning day! A quick look at my favorite composters during their upkeep. Pull out all roaches you can find, sift out larger debris for chickens, and enjoy the free compost. I tend to leave the dirt bin for awhile so any roaches I missed can grow and be shifted out.
FAQ: When should I feed my mantis, a quick visual example
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Just a quick simple look at the difference between mantis nymphs that do and don't need food on feeding day.
1K Thanks Video A tour through some critters + surprise find in my 'butterfly beetle' Gyna colony
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Special Thanks to all of you subscribers for this milestone! and Thanks for the support from all the awesome hobbiests and those curious to learn more about the diversity of arthropods around us.
Prickly Gecko Babies get a home upgrade now that they are established and hunting fruit flies
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Another look at the desert setup and the newly hatched baby geckos! These Bynoe's geckos have been amazing to care for, very highly suggested species, and I live that they can cohab with blue death feigning beetles
Some Pet House Spiders: Agelenidae are great first invert pet, very active and make beautiful webs
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Some funnel/grass spiders that have been roommates during quarantine :) They are in the Agelenidae family and make very interesting webs that have large catch platforms to make it easy to feed them. Do you have any familiar house spiders?
Desert Tank Communal: two geckos and three beetles hanging out in this low maintenance dry terrarium
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A look at my favorite communal setup I keep, a pair of female prickly or Bynoe's geckos are living in their desert setup with two smooth and one blue death feigning beetle. The beetles cleaned up the tank after their first week, and now I just throw in a piece of carrot or apple when feeding the geckos their weekly red runners.
Roaches in the Hog Tank: a look at experimental hognose snake setup that seems to be going well
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I decided to start an experiment in snake care and have added one roach to each hognose tank, and in this video you can see them interacting after a feeding.
Scorpion Paradise: tropical tank build update with a glimps at land shrimp and a plan for h20 shrimp
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A quick look at the emperor ladies and their new bioactive tank. And Yes, I babytalk my Scorps LOL. Hope to put some (I'm sure I pronounced them wrong) Opae Ula shrimp in the side terrarium, and the death's head and gestroi isopods seem to be cozy in this setup as well. the heat from the light keeps it at a nice moist 78* in the daytime, lowering to 65* overnight. Don't forget to check out the ...
Bugs in Cyberspace Unboxing: a look at some new invert ambassadors and their post-shipping rehousing
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Thanks so much again Peter for these lovely critters! blue death feigning beetle - Asbolus verrucosus smooth death feigning beetle - Asbolus laevis / papillosus asphalt ironclad - Phloedes plicatus harlequin flower beetle - Gymnetis thula glorious scarab - Chrysina gloriosa Miwok trapdoor spider - Aptostichus miwok huntsman spider - Heteropoda venatoria All made a ride through the mail in early...
New Emperor Scorpion Home: steps and materials I used to design a bioactive tank, + surprise at end
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A quick setup of a terrarium for the three emperors, with footage of them all settled in a few weeks later. They have been a pleasure to observe exploring, and they are sharing their home with isopods, a few roaches, and one tiny crazy spider. See the Other two videos about these ladies as well, both right after I got them and the tank update linked at the end of the video! Thanks
Mantis Art and Stickers: 2020 gift unboxing and end of the year thanks Happy New Year All, Bug Life!
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An unboxing of some lovely art by Stacey at Mother of Spiders and adding to my extensive Shapes of Nature sticker collection! what are your favorite Invertebrate artists? Thanks so much everyone for the support this year! sorry about the pause on videos, as you can see by my hands I had some ring changing take up the last few weeks! ( aka got married to the other hands in the video )
Three Bugs Staying Snug: keeping a beetle, spider, and mantis overwinter. + new bug art collectibles
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First of all Thanks so much to everyone, we made it to 500subs! Here is a quick video about some of the critters from the local area that I brought in for the winter. You don't have to spend a lot of cash in the hobby on exotic bugs when there is a whole word outside your door asking to be explored, and if you are in a colder region you can even bring a few in to extend their lives! The critter...
10 Cats having Dinner: a look at giant african stick mantises in a communal setup eating superworms
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10 Cats having Dinner: a look at giant african stick mantises in a communal setup eating superworms
Feeding The Isopods by Cleaning The Snake Enclosure: Recycling is the circle of life in the bug room
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Feeding The Isopods by Cleaning The Snake Enclosure: Recycling is the circle of life in the bug room
Sling Shelf Tour with new enclosures, great artwork, and some extra tips for free heating
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Sling Shelf Tour with new enclosures, great artwork, and some extra tips for free heating
Mantis Nymph First Aid: Trying to help with bacterial issue in nymph before health heads downhill
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Mantis Nymph First Aid: Trying to help with bacterial issue in nymph before health heads downhill
Halloween Special: The Creepy Crawlies of Oregon in the Fall, a walk through the Cascades wilderness
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Halloween Special: The Creepy Crawlies of Oregon in the Fall, a walk through the Cascades wilderness
How To Preserve Bugs in Resin: giving specimens a new life after death. step by step with time-lapse
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How To Preserve Bugs in Resin: giving specimens a new life after death. step by step with time-lapse
Vinegaroon Taking Down a Meal, such a strange little bumble can't help but be very clumsy cute
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Vinegaroon Taking Down a Meal, such a strange little bumble can't help but be very clumsy cute
A Communal Mantis Review with three example species and tips on hatching flies for them
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A Communal Mantis Review with three example species and tips on hatching flies for them
Cyriocosmus elegans Double Rehouse, very docile dwarf tarantulas are a pleasure to work with
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Cyriocosmus elegans Double Rehouse, very docile dwarf tarantulas are a pleasure to work with
New Scorpions, one of the few inverts that I'm shy around. Can't wait to design them a new home!
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New Scorpions, one of the few inverts that I'm shy around. Can't wait to design them a new home!
Handling a Few Unique Critters from the Ambassador Collection, cateye mantis, dominos roach, and gbb
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Handling a Few Unique Critters from the Ambassador Collection, cateye mantis, dominos roach, and gbb
Leopard Gecko and Hognose Houses, a look at using both glass enclosures and plastic bins
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Leopard Gecko and Hognose Houses, a look at using both glass enclosures and plastic bins
Shapes in Nature Unboxing and next pieces of the bug zoo are here! Plus a quick fix for xlg shirts
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Shapes in Nature Unboxing and next pieces of the bug zoo are here! Plus a quick fix for xlg shirts
M. balfouri Communal Update, what an amazing swisscheese castle full of baby tarantulas
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M. balfouri Communal Update, what an amazing swisscheese castle full of baby tarantulas
Finally answering the question: Why are my Hands so Dirty? and how to solve my puzzle ring
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Finally answering the question: Why are my Hands so Dirty? and how to solve my puzzle ring
Sexual Dimorphism in 4 Mantis Species: Ghost, Cryptic, Banded, and Orchid. Tiny flight prone males
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Sexual Dimorphism in 4 Mantis Species: Ghost, Cryptic, Banded, and Orchid. Tiny flight prone males

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @isaacdavis7979
    @isaacdavis7979 2 дні тому

    Cool 😎🆒 Video 📸!!!

  • @AmericanAbsolute
    @AmericanAbsolute 6 днів тому

    Are you still out here? You have a great voice by the way you could probably make a million views just talking. Really soothing. Moving forward. I want to do tropical fish. I want to be able to submerge them in a resin sphere. I cannot find any videos on this topic.. I can only find videos about the disc type resins to submerging I want to be able to use the spheres. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Hope to hear back from you..TJ

  • @michaelkrueger8777
    @michaelkrueger8777 13 днів тому

    I found a dead bumblebee in the back of my jeep. Is there a way I can paint it with something so I can use it in an art project? Not in a cube or anything just gently go at it with a tiny brush.

  • @juggalocrazymike
    @juggalocrazymike 16 днів тому

    How did you know he was about to molt?

  • @GypsyFeet316
    @GypsyFeet316 Місяць тому

    New to your channel. That was awesome. I laughed so hard. I'm a full time RVer in Montana and well, RVs are known to attract flies. Every year I catch a manny and bring it in for bug control and when the flies aren't as bad I let them go via releasing into my flower garden. These lil guys are the best fly control ever!!! They are happy as clams being moved between the 2 windows the flies amass to. Love from Montana.❤

  • @whitewitch1111
    @whitewitch1111 Місяць тому

    They are unzipping their coat ! I breed these guys and this is amazing footage. 🪳🪳🪳

  • @auroraangelbay3252
    @auroraangelbay3252 2 місяці тому

    Does it work with uv resin as well?!

  • @auroraangelbay3252
    @auroraangelbay3252 2 місяці тому

    This is so cool I found a natural passed away honey bee I want to preserve I’m getting the stuff this weekend

  • @Robert-m8c
    @Robert-m8c 2 місяці тому

    I am knot bugging out. So creative

  • @Robert-m8c
    @Robert-m8c 2 місяці тому

    So interesting. It doesn't bug me at all. Who does the music?

  • @neonice
    @neonice 2 місяці тому

    I like the video but the tone quality makes it hard to understand

  • @fee3222
    @fee3222 2 місяці тому

    How quick are they ? I really like them reminds me of a jumping spider but im scared of loosing them i have a chiliean rose and a Panama blonde

  • @Rida-o1l
    @Rida-o1l 2 місяці тому

    ماهو نوع هذا الصرصور و ماهو اقوى حل للقضاء عليه ??

  • @emilyburns6986
    @emilyburns6986 2 місяці тому

    This video saved my mantis! Thank you so so much!❤❤❤

  • @YouFkkdup
    @YouFkkdup 3 місяці тому

    I like it I just got 2 babies about 1” long very small have them together in a nice tank Like yours it’s a 25 gallon have 3-4 hides plus if they want to burrow got them from the same place so I’m hoping they can get along any tips would be appreciated and great video I’ll do one once they come out just put them in their new house 🏡

  • @thevieadanac6115
    @thevieadanac6115 3 місяці тому

    What are those little bugs crawling on it? Are they dangerous to the roach?

    • @whitewitch1111
      @whitewitch1111 Місяць тому

      No, they help keep their exoskeleton clean.

  • @whitewitch1111
    @whitewitch1111 3 місяці тому

    I breed wide horned hissing cockroaches. The death heads are interesting. Are they like Dubias ? I was breeding them for awhile, but I found it difficult constantly maintaining their heat. I live in North Dakota. It isn't the warmest climate ! Lol.

  • @whitewitch1111
    @whitewitch1111 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful. It took me awhile to get used to cockroaches. I can handle them now. I am now a breeder of hissing cockroaches. I am selling them as pets only. The Elliptorhina javanica is my favorite ! They are quite stunning and quite gentle. Thanks for this video. I subbed your channel.

  • @mikeericaful
    @mikeericaful 4 місяці тому

    Just found one of these in my back yard. Very beautiful but kinda nasty. Wish I could post photos….

  • @sirmcpimp7321
    @sirmcpimp7321 4 місяці тому

    Why don't your mantis attack each other? Isn't that what they'll normally do ???

  • @Uzumaki_editz0
    @Uzumaki_editz0 5 місяців тому

    Does freezing the scorpion kill it??? I wanna kill a scorpion I found tdy and put it in risen mold and ya but I'm still a beginner so some1 please answer

  • @gelphaze1229
    @gelphaze1229 5 місяців тому

    I've heard some ways to keep their color is to brush them with nail polish first before encasing them in resin is this true or are there other ways?

  • @WuShiRen
    @WuShiRen 5 місяців тому

    Hi friendly reminder, according to the internet and the sellers you need at least wait 3 day after your mantis molt till you and touch or handle it because even the mantis look fine their skin are still soft

  • @aroidaaric
    @aroidaaric 6 місяців тому

    Do you need to do something to process the bodies before casting? I've heard that putting anything with moisture in resin is a bad idea and can cause it to grow mold, discolor etc.

    • @ArthropodAmbassadors
      @ArthropodAmbassadors 6 місяців тому

      depends on the insect and its thickness. i tend to either pin them into the shape i want and leave them open in the freezer for a few months (what i mean by “out of the freezer” at the beginning) if i am concerned about color, or just pin them and let dry if they are thinner. bigger critters like tarantula, large mantises, or roaches need gutted if you dont have time to freeze-dry. but also the parts i am using in the video (wings and pronotum) are fine as-is

    • @aroidaaric
      @aroidaaric 6 місяців тому

      I see, thank you so much for the response. I have a tiny jumping spider that I want to memorialize in resin, but his abdomen is way too small to be gutted and re-stuffed. What would you recommend doing? I did some searching and ppl said that the exothermic nature of resin curing can cause the abdomens to burst if they're put directly into resin. @@ArthropodAmbassadors

  • @VictorFursov
    @VictorFursov 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for video. Best wishes.😮😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊😅😅😮😮😮

  • @proto_arkbit3100
    @proto_arkbit3100 7 місяців тому

    How do you keep multiple species of isopods together without one out-competing the other??

    • @ArthropodAmbassadors
      @ArthropodAmbassadors 7 місяців тому

      they would end up w a winner if given enough time and low resources, so it is best to have pure colonies and add both to a display tank.

  • @markuszgyorgy6924
    @markuszgyorgy6924 7 місяців тому

    How long would you say they live after molting like this?

  • @donteague614
    @donteague614 7 місяців тому

    Would it be a good idea to pour a little 1st then insert specimen to avoid air pockets underneath?

  • @donteague614
    @donteague614 7 місяців тому

    Where did u get the molds?

  • @harshitaa672
    @harshitaa672 7 місяців тому

    I want to see what you do to the newly dead insect before putting it into the resin.

    • @ArthropodAmbassadors
      @ArthropodAmbassadors 7 місяців тому

      sometimes pin them into a good position and let them sit open to the air, if i am worried about color i put the pinned setup into a freezer open to the air. i have also used my freeze dryer. or just use the position they are in. there should be lots of content on YT about pinning and ‘relaxing’ insect specimens:)

  • @troublingleaf
    @troublingleaf 8 місяців тому

    Thank you, I have a subadult in premoult, i thought that was what's happening, but it's been a few days since she started looking like she was going to moult, and I thought it should've happened by now, and I was starting to get nervous of it!

    • @ArthropodAmbassadors
      @ArthropodAmbassadors 8 місяців тому

      yep, those few days before molting can for sure cause high anxiety!

  • @TEAML3ZAR
    @TEAML3ZAR 8 місяців тому

    How long is this process

  • @nfd8-w7q
    @nfd8-w7q 8 місяців тому

    I never thought to use death feigning beetles as a clew up crew, especially for a smaller species of lizard but I guess it makes sense. Have you ever had any issues with the beetles chewing on the lizards?

  • @smellycat6771
    @smellycat6771 9 місяців тому

    Impressive set up! I keep saying for years now that I'm gonna get an exotic but then get too intimidated lol. Been a mantis mommy for 4yrs now. It's ALWAYS fascinating seeing what each species is capable of learning. Mine become so used to being handled that they let me pet them and even let me give them kisses...which is very strange to people until they see how sweet they are lol. I train mine as well. They are amazing critters with an actual capacity for love and learning. I think the only thing holding me back from getting one of these is their lifespan and tendency towards going into threat pose. I heard somewhere that the giant species don't even make it to a full year. My first mantis, Fluffy, was an amazingly sweet lil' girl that lived to be almost 15 months!!! I always come back to this video and pay close attention to what you do bc I really want to raise one of these gorgeous gentle giants soon. Plus, they really do look amazing and like little aliens lol. You're one of the best mantis mommies I have ever seen on the platform!

  • @tigerkeiart7761
    @tigerkeiart7761 9 місяців тому

    Aww they’re so cute!!

  • @seanlowry6014
    @seanlowry6014 9 місяців тому

    Is that a little refilling water bowl? would you be able to share where you got it from! Seems like a great idea for babies that can dehydrate so quickly

  • @furleysbrain
    @furleysbrain 9 місяців тому

    I love my Spiny Flower mantis! Her name is Kitana

  • @sacing3512
    @sacing3512 10 місяців тому

    may u get same life after death 😂

  • @nixie575
    @nixie575 11 місяців тому

    Do you know where I can buy one from?

  • @1mikesofocused42
    @1mikesofocused42 Рік тому

    I have a question what is your choice of resin please thanks

  • @1mikesofocused42
    @1mikesofocused42 Рік тому

    shes a preservation queen and nice with it nice video imma do this for my son definitely

  • @BSL_Vlogs80
    @BSL_Vlogs80 Рік тому

    So nice yes I like it

  • @lilylowsky
    @lilylowsky Рік тому

    I have learned the hard way how important that first hour is to stop the insects or flowers from floating up. Also I needed to put my wasp upside down in my mold 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @lilylowsky
    @lilylowsky Рік тому

    I found a deceased bee today in the choir loft of my church; scooped him up not knowing what I’d do with him. I think I’ll try this! I may have yet another hobby!

  • @TerminatorT-tf3ln
    @TerminatorT-tf3ln Рік тому

    hey nice voice... so i have a dead scorpion picked up in my backyard, wanted to put it in the resin. looking forward to buy the materials.

  • @RiverDarling
    @RiverDarling Рік тому

    Would you recommend bigger enclosures to avoid cannibalism or does that risk they come across their own species before prey and increase it?

    • @ArthropodAmbassadors
      @ArthropodAmbassadors Рік тому

      a bigger enclosure helps, but they are sight-based so if they see each other they will gather w interest. My experience is they often cannibalize when they see each other eating or molting more that just randomly

  • @normaorozco6025
    @normaorozco6025 Рік тому

    Where did you get the molds from?

  • @ericre2290
    @ericre2290 Рік тому

    How often do they do this?

  • @heidiartistry9245
    @heidiartistry9245 Рік тому

    Do the male vs female spiny flowers live just as long as eachother?

    • @ArthropodAmbassadors
      @ArthropodAmbassadors Рік тому

      females live longer

    • @heidiartistry9245
      @heidiartistry9245 Рік тому

      @@ArthropodAmbassadors thanks. There's so little information comparing Male to Female spiny flower mantis's specifically and what I have found is conflicting info. I'm not even sure anymore if mine is male or female. I always thought female, but now they're an adult IDK!

  • @art-bymelissa9662
    @art-bymelissa9662 Рік тому

    How do I clean uncured resin off from past resin attempts? It's so sticky!