"Mini" dampwood termite soldier vs carpenter ants (3 minors & 1 median) - Read desciption!
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2023
- Here we have an open-air confrontation between a particularly small Asian dampwood termite soldier (produced by the molting into a presoldier of a worker - more correctly pseudergate - that was still well away from having reached its max size) and a few Camponotus ants, three minors and a median. Unfortunatly my cellphone flash overheated at the end, and so i decided to quit there (also because the median ant appeared hellbent on evasion).
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Termite: "I'm not stuck in here with you, You are stuck in here with ME!
one bite from termite soldiers are indeed lethal 😳
Sad yet interesting. The termite acted in self-defense, but won. The other ant came in and saw the corpses of the other ants and at first tried to flee.
The ant helped up one of his fallen comrades, and meanwhile the termite was processing, and still frightened, so it kept biting a dead ant that was still moving.
Once it’s sister was up, the ants went in for revenge. But they stood no chance against the termites huge mandibles.
Big mandibles? You should see trapjaw ants lol
@@Zionist654fax
У термита нет зрения, однако он седьмым чувством определяет присутствие врага.
It uses its attenae
Thank you very much for your ant fights, its rare
Ig, can you try to if you can, use weaver ants instead of carpentar?
Or marauder ants
The coolest part is ants can see sting and bite but termite soldiers are blind with really weak exoskeletons and only weapon is the mandibles aint that crazy?
These particular ants don't sting, altough they do spray formic acid.
@@ig-1002 yeah but. Formic acid could basically melt a termite due to its soft squishy body
What's your favorite species of ant and termite you like to experiment with?
As a whole? I like Daceton armigerum for ants, for termites too many to list.
@@ig-1002nice
@@RosqueSoruqa stress and confusion apply to the termite too.
@@RosqueSoruqa if you don't isolate the specimens from their colonies is impossible to control the numbers involved in the confrontation.
@@ig-1002VS Bulldog ant please🙏
The median ant looks like a different species.(This may explain why it prefers to run away compared to the other ants. I also noticed that it also doesn't cooperate with the other ants.) I've never heard of any species of Carpenter ants that have a median caste.
It's the same species, and all three are the same colony. I know it for a fact as it's a colony i've raised myself.
Man I have a request can u do fire ant major vs a major soldier termite
I don't have access to fire ants right now.
@@ig-1002 ok
0:43 Ant: OW.... BRO BIT MY HEAD BRO OWW BRUH IT HUUUUUUUUUURT Other ants: WAS THAT THE BITE OF 23?
“edit:mom im famous🎉🎉” Ahh comment😭😭😭
What part of the median did the termite connect with in their brief clinch? I have a hard time believing that the median could shrug off a bite if it landed.
You're right, she most likely couldn't. If you're referring to 2:12, she indeed got very lucky as they merely locked jaws.
@@ig-1002 That was what I was referring too. I'm a little surprised there didn't seem to be any damage to her jaws. What did you do with her and the termite after the video?
@@DrGero15 i returned them both to their respective nests.
@@ig-1002 The stories they must have had for their respective colonies.
@@DrGero15 late but lol funny thing is they would probably follow it right back to the location. This was filmed judging by what I know on ants and termites. However, since answer faster they would probably be there first and there wouldn’t be a fight
I’ve heard there’s a special species that has powerful mandibles, but can also shoot sticky acid at the same time I don’t know if you have access to it because it’s somewhat rare but if you do I’d like to see it in combat, it’s very vicious I’d bet it could even rival ants that are specifically meant for termite extermination if you can access it I think it could beat many many ants, and other termite species
Funny how it looks like a smaller version of the termites in antz
It’s nastute but also has mandibles
@@karlm5223 there are several genera (all from the Syntermitinae subfamily) that sport both a long nasus from which they exude a defensive chemical and large hooked mandibles, i am not sure to which one you're referring to here but Rhynchotermes and Uncitermes are particularly impressive. In any case i sadly don't have access to any of them, as they are both very difficult to keep even for labs and impossible to find for sale.
@@ig-1002 ah all right, but I bet they would probably be very effective in combat. I found out about them a year ago so I don’t know the name of the species.
@@ig-1002 anyway keep making videos They’re very entertaining and educational, and overall good.
Like there are parasitic ants who live in colony of host ants, are there any parasitic species of termites who depend on the host colony?
There are several termite species that can exclusively live inside other termites' mounds and are thus fully dependant on their builders to exist, but unlike ants they do not physically mingle with their hosts and are not accepted by them.
@@ig-1002 Means they stealthily steal food from the host colony?
@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 generally not the food that the host itself consume (as they evolved to avoid conflict with them as much as possible), but they do eat the like of their feces or the nest itself!
Hey, could you please answer my question? do you know how many soldiers are there in a termite colony?
1%-15% Soldiers of total colony population.
It depend enormously on the species: percentage-wise, you go from 0% (soldierless species) to more than 25% of a colony.
Ok, thanks.
I suppose these are C. cruentatus?
Yes
@@ig-1002I was wondering, do you know any genus of termites that don't have soldiers? Anoplotermes, Protohamitermes, and Invasitermes are the only genera I know that don't have a soldier caste
@@dsemirugosus most genera of the Apicotermitinae subfamily (plus three Termitinae, of which you already listed two) are soldierless, and there are quite a lot: examples includes Ruptitermes, Aparatermes, Ebogotermes, Amalotermes, Grigiotermes, Tetimatermes, Skatitermes (notorious for its peculiar defensive technique), Tonsuritermes and several others.
Termite: another day another treebto devour!
Hand: for team trees....
Termite: wait wha-?
Ants: we have been trying to Find you for a long time, your coming with us!
Termite: NO I CANT GO TO JAIL AGAIN!
Si la termita soldado es fuerte, porque siempre pierden en una batalla de colonias de hormigas contra termitas?
Well, ants are usually significantly more aggressive than termites, probably due to the fact that they see termites more as food than anything else. Ants also usually outnumber termites. Soldier and worker termites are also completely blind, (most, but not all ants can at least 1-2 inches infront of them, allowing for them to detect changes in light and movement). On the other hand, termites have soft exteriors, which make it easy for ants to bite and sting them. The actual termites meant to fight ants, the soldiers of course, only have an armored head; they are completely vulnerable from the back and you’ll often see them struggle to fight ants on their back legs or back. Either way, the soldiers only account for 5% of the nest, which makes the numbers of ants more devastating. Another reason for it being said that ants are stronger than termites is because you often only see such conflicts outside of termite mounds, which are areas where termites are at a significant DISADVANTAGE.
Termite soldier distroyer!
Until it gets mauled by a marauder ant major
Caputo for the ants
Big ant is dieing to get out of there bro
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Ants win
Okay I wouldn’t let that happen to my carpenter ants. As soon as the termite got the first ant I would of destroyed it. Ant lives matter 😭 😂
It’s simple hunter-prey scenario, it’s not like they feel pain + the termite acted in self-defence (don’t know why I said this but ye)
@@karlm5223 they do feel pain
@@NKVD_Enjoyerthey die but u don’t hear them screaming and stuff they don’t actually feel pain it’s proven they move while their bodies are separated nothing lives without the other body besides a snake
@@spectralgenothey do feel pain