Top 10 Biggest Mistakes in Ant Keeping
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Having antfarms and pet ant colonies can be a fun and a very rewarding experience, but over the years having answered hundreds of AntsCanada customer questions, we have found there are some common mistakes made when people first enter the ant keeping hobby that keep ant colonies from succeeding in captivity. This video goes over the top 10 most common mistakes in ant keeping that lead to ant failure. Hope this video helps you guys out!
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Sorry, there's my pig
Lmao
I WANT ONE
Karson XS me to
And then kill it and eat it hahahah jk but what you gonna do with a pig?
i dont eat pig
Number 11. Attempting to name your ants individually.
Imagine people naming ants individually guess how much time is wasted
Naming them individually would be so hard, but naming the queens or male elates would be a lot easier
D Bes To be honest, I never considered it much further than making a quirky comment. However, now that you mention it, I have pondered what it would take to achieve this ridiculous task. lol The logistics alone would take some effort. For a start, you would need a system designed to separate the ants as you name them. In effect, you would need two nests. Also, if you ever managed to name them all, how do you differentiate one between another? How can you tell Adam Ant between Ignor Ant? You would need to make little name tags for the ants. Perhaps a non toxic permanent paint could put a tiny bar code on the ant and you could scan them. This solves the way to identify the ant, but how do you find a particular ant? What if you formed a bond with Dee-Odeur Ant and wanted to find the little bugger? How can you pinpoint your favourite ants? As well, you would never finish your task as long as the queen is chucking eggs out like an over enthusiastic vending machine on steroids. Thanks. Nothing is better than getting my over active imagination into gear. It gives me the perfect opportunity to employ it as an exercise in writing. If you enjoyed reading this somewhat bizarre reply and at least smiled, then I achieved my goal. =P
G4laxy Bl4st Now, that is a pragmatic solution if I ever heard one. =)
unless you have a regular ant farm setup with no queen.
"Sorry, there's my pig" best quote ever
Ikr
Down2Diamonds I was gonna comment that😂
TheAntEmpireUSA I'm still watching 3 years on
That would be crazy
xd
You are probably one of the more interesting people I know of! Pet ants, reptiles, and even a friendly pig. Relatively uncommon in most households. You must care a lot about animals! Very respectable.
fucking furry
Because he cares about animals? What?
***** that was a joke lmao
+Marten Murik Even if it was a joke, furries aren't people who like animals. Furries are just fiction animals that can walk on 2 legs and talk.
#GetYourFactsStraight
it doesn't matter, furries are still cancer. Furry fandom should be removed with fire.
I almost died when your badass pet pig just waltzed right by lol
I used to be very disgusted by ants and afraid of them touching me but after watching all of your videos I really have a new respect for them. As I was watching this one an ant actually walked in front of me and I picked her up and put her outside. Something I never would be able to do before! :)
same
That ant may have died as it could've had a nest in your home. GG tho
Sorry man but my generosity doesn't extend so far as to allow a nest of ants where I sleep. It for sure would have died if I left it in here
Same with me. I would have to get courage just to put any bug in a cup to take outside. Now I can just pick them up and do what I need.
Cuddles and Spookums i made a small ant hill in the beach, a day later i see lots of ants around it!
he has the basic type of pets: ants, a komodo dragon, and a pig.
A snake too
He has a bearded dragon, komodo dragons are massive, illegal to own and highly venomous.
I have a boring pet i hate it I just have a unicorn and 2 ragdoll cats like boring 🙄 and now a ant farm at least I don’t have a dragon that would be eb embarrassing
He doesn’t have a Komodo dragon. That’s illegal
Lol...I have uncommon pets like dogs and cats😂
I can't tell you how stoked I was to find you on UA-cam. I spent hours and hours as a kid watching ants.
I would catch ants and put them in a coffee can with dirt and watch them work. It was so fun!
To this day I still love to watch ants outside but tend to not really allow myself to sit on the ground and watch the little buggers like I want. I don't want the neighbors to ask what I'm doing down there for so long. Just looking at ants y'all. So yes, I love watching ants and was never allowed to have an ant farm as a kid because parents didn't want ants in the house.
I'm 49 yrs old and I don't want ants crawling around my home unless they are contained.
Maybe it's time I finally start an ant farm! I can't wait. I'm excited to start reading up on what I need. It's going to be awhile since winter has begun in Minnesota.
The captions at 11:13 for "insects for protein" are hilarious
Bro you are pretty cool you have ant farms AND A PIG GG MY DUDE YOU ARE RAD
and a snake
im done he is pretty rad
I have 1conly what is carpita ants and I have a snake
He has a tarantula too
I legit might have a crush on him haha **sobs**
worst error I made was taking workers (I was very young) thinking I would wake up to a huge colony all 6 ants died :(
Same! I got a few in a jar and sprinkled sugar on them. They died eventually and I thought it was because the sugar gave them diabetes...
+Stuff vs Stuff Luke your in England. that's why
u would have to be them
+Stuff vs Stuff Luke
Step 1: Go to Buckingham Palace
Step 2: Grab test tube and capture the Queen
Step 3: Get out fast before the guards catch you
Step 4: Leave her in test tube with wet cottonball and let her care for her eggs
Step 5: Move Queen into formicarium after her eggs have hatched
Step 6: Get found and arrested by police
ants are everywhere in england, just don't expect to be walking around a city/town centre and find them, Go to the country side
Dont mind me Im just watching random ant videos at 3 am
Metoo
Me too
Same
😂😂😂
Ahahahha 😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂
You have a pig! Thats awesome!
Waiting for a pigs canada channel
Your pic is awsome
/crepy
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You have a PIG and ants u have a very strange pet variety choice
And a bearded dragon and a dog and 2 cats hes got alot
+wire blast he is crazy
+wire blast he is crazy
that can be interesting
He's so lucky, I want some interesting animals but my parents won't even let me have a dog or a tank of goldfish.
I'm from the UK and I don't know what my local ant species are. most people (including me) calls them "black ants" and "red ants".
+silly face I go over the common ones from Europe here: ua-cam.com/video/WfaK8TvM0qA/v-deo.html
I can relate to that too XD
I never know their species because it is always either "black ants", "red ants", "small red ants" (ghost ants) or "big black ants" (which I still don't know the species lol).
Thanks @AntsCanada for making these awesome videos. I never really thought of researching more about them till I found these videos.
me too
I’m from the uk too XD
Lasius niger and lasius flavus most likely
I live in Arizona, so it’s hot enough in my house, after one week my queen already has brood
Mine came in one day
I hope your colony is doing good.
I have no interest in making my own ant farms. Yet here I am, watching dozens of videos on ant keeping.
Ya same here!
Sam Hem viformicarious?
Lol same here! But I’m memorized
Same I have cats anyways, one of them would try to eat ant's that I have (that is if i had any), the others wont care.
Best UA-cam channel in all of the multiverses
+Pink Bean Thank you!
+AntsCanada Your welcome!!
There might be a planet where every single person keeps ant. There would be something like 'Anttube' with an antscanada channel with 999.999.999.999 subs
stinkymeow hey “pink bean”
More so antaverse
I'd never keep an ant farm myself, because I don't like like bugs.. but I do love watching videos and learning about them. I find your videos very interesting! I rather live it through someone else's video camera, away from my house xD
There not quite bugs I think of them just outside that circle
every time I watch a video about bugs, it feels like a bunch are crawling all over me...
Sparta369 same
Good lord. A pig, bird, lizard, 4 different ant colonies, fish, how many pets do you have?!
I create ant nests in the wild. I helped 9 species of ants create their nest and helped them get resourses
+ExtraLearning+Fun that is so nice! Ant love forever!
Cool
ExtraLearning+Fun same!
ExtraLearning+Fun respect 2 U
I do that for birds i make nests and do tests on them and then find a sturdy tree so imm do it for ants too
Maybe even keep some
If ants are left unfed, would they resort too cannibalism?
Cool
"Cool"
I want too see it
Maybe you could buy an ant colony with no queen and just don't feed them and record them at all times so you don't miss anything.
They will eat the larvae if they have a queen
Please tell me I'm not the only one who instantly searched UA-cam for PigsCanada...
Dan Hyde oml xD
Lol
Hehe, while I agree entirely with your view on hibernating ants (I don't keep ants, it just seems totally sensible to hibernate any species that hibernates in the wild), humans aren't that great of an example. At least, not in our modern cultures. That pineal gland you mentioned, it's pretty clear about how we should do things like eating and sleeping. And we don't listen to it at all. If we did, we would sleep twice a day (for half as long each time) and eat twice a day, we would let adolescents sleep a great deal more than any other age group, etc. We built our schools and work situations and such to be at odds with these things over the past couple hundred years and even though we've got tons of research showing this is terrible for our health and counter-productive for work and such, we don't care.
when I was a kid I got an ant farm. unfortunately I didn't know they needed protein, and just fed them banana.
I'm sorry that I laughed but I also made mistakes
Great info after finding your channel randomly a few days ago i am now looking into putting together my first colony.
A pig and ants? This guy has all the uncommon pets
He has a snake too
well snakes arent that uncommon of a pet
+jamiepie123 and I think tarantula
when i saw the pig at the beginning i was like wudufuq xD
I have a (this is by feet) 3x3 aquarium. the ants LOVE it and since it is 4 feet tall, they got a spot for an anthill (I had to raise the tank to add that part on)
Thank you thank you and thank you, I live in the UK however your site and videos are priceless.
I have always wanted an ant colony but my biggest issue is finding a queen out in my location. It's extremely erratic weather out here so it's near to impossible to catch them breeding at the right time.
do ur pig just walk around inside pooping and peeing or do he go out n stuff to do his buisness
Its like a dog
except it is smarter
Noise
You can train pigs to use litter boxes (just like cats ) =-D
i think he feeds ants pigs
at 11:12 when he says insects for protein, close captions thinks he's saying sex for booty... try it
I’ve been wanting to get ants for years I’ve decided it’s time to start I’m thinking about getting one queen and a 20 to 60 worker ants of manica rubida. But I just don’t know where to start I would rather buy a habitat off an ant site than make my own. I am in the UK I’m going to back to back all your videos today to get in as much information as possible and obviously watch other videos.
I am actually addicted to watching these videos now. Thank you UA-cam recommendations.
Will you ant-swer any questions we have?
queenstions*
Lol
my ants broke out of my hand-made colony and took over my house, and now the ants are cultivating us.
Its not that bad but that queens a slave driver.
Thanks for ANTswering our questions, Mikey!
A video that's already 3 years old but still a valuable piece of information. Great stuff!
3 more years now
Piggy I just died when I saw that I was just happy
+Aly Key Oink!
+AntsCanada did she meet the bore from Hawaii
you are smart and making me feel stupid... :-/
We are all specialised in different subjects.
I appreciate your ecological perspective on animal husbandry, it really pays off in the lives of your animals! I'm not really an invert guy, but dang your videos are making kinda want an omni-nest!
you are a natural educator. great video.
10 - 1:00 Buying & keeping non-native ant species
9 - 3:13 Overcomplicated Outworld
8 - 4:42 Insufficient formicarium
7 - 6:56 Failure to hibernate your ant colony (ants of temperate regions)
6 - 9:00 Moving a colony into a formicarium too early
5 - 10:25 Insufficient sugars/protein/water
4 - 11:23 Keeping ants in an air-conditioned room
3 - 12:50 Not giving your queen enough privacy
2 - 14:04 Catching too many queens during nuptial flight
1 - 15:09 Lack of research
Hi antcanada I just wanted to thank for all your great vids, I'm gonna start making my own colony soon and you have really helped. Do you know when is the ideal time to find bull ants in WA (Western Australia). I have been looking to buy some but no one on your website is in WA
Around now should be a good time, I'm in Perth and I caught a queen last Sunday. Make sure everything is escape proof, you don't want bull ants in your home!
I am also from the Brazil, and I just started. One of my queens layed 2 eggs and its when I realized that i may really love this hobby...
you're such a nice down to earth UA-camr keep up the good work 🎉🎉🇬🇧
I love you man
+meekaeel Williams Ant love to you, too Meekaeel!
AntsCanada winter is ending. Which means hibernation is almost over which also means i can go queen hunting. So Excited!!!
Enjoy!
where do you live cause it's becoming winter where I live
meekaeel Williams
My neighbor once sprayed my ant colony in my front yard ... never she had done this one day I saw her sprayin' them with poison..I have enjoyed ants all my life, the whole colony was gone in a few days that p....d me towards the neighbor
John Montoya damn that neighbor
this helped so much thanks
dude you have an epic Chanel and it's getting bigger by the day good job
I kinda was like ''WTF is that a pig?'' Since I realy did not espect to see a pig walking around.
i live in colorado and i work alot. what is the best not high matince ants?
pavement ants i suppose
@geewiakers all i can find where i live are bullet ants and there is no way im taking care of those aggressive creatures😂
Julianator 6 get some bullet ants
put some in jars
throw them at your enemys
youre now antman and youre gonne fuck up anyone that opposes you
Carpenter ants. They grow very slow. Also tetramorium are low mantnence compared to the other species
I don't keep ants or anything else at this point but I appreciate the information and great channel you have developed. Very in depth and interesting. I collected and unsuccessfully kept "bugs" as a kid and later was a custom aquarium builder and fish store.. Aquarium maintenance company.. You do a great job, very comprehensive.
0:12 "Sorry, there is my Pig" like it's nothing strange in this sentence...
P.S. Realy great channel. I always wanted to start my own collony of ants, but never knew how to do it. Thanks, your video's are very helpfull :)
Greatings from Europe
I am struggling to find a queen I went out for a walk for an hour and didn't' find any nuptial flights and I need help I went out after 3 days of rain and then it was sunny and warm and still no flights when should I go out to find a good ant? Please help
If you can't find any the weather or time of year might not be a good time depending on where you live
11:12 oh no.... (captions) are dirty minded man
Leo The kid lmao I saw that and I was wondering why no one saw it until now, every one was talking about the pig it’s nice to know I have someone to laugh with. 😆
lol I loved your cycle explanation with the banana in the bathroom it made me laugh
The tutorials are always the best
make a bull ant colony :)
yes
Alex Battaglia that won't be morally possible unless he comes over to Australia
*bullet
He did
@@reismisini3699 bull ants are also a type of ant
Are you Mikey Bustos?!
WarLocked YT yes i am
Thanks this rlly helped me 😃
thank u so much for teching me all this things and now i love the ants in my area by
have you ever kept "Harvester ants"? I live in Texas, in a desert like area, and they are very commen. I was wondering if they would be a good species to keep?
Same
If there common where your from then yes it's a good idea but search for something easier to care for if your a starter I hope this helps
You uploaded this on my birthday
happy birthday!
so glad i found this channel :) so interesting :)
Thank you, was pretty helping. It's now 1 month a begin research about ants, now more then anything it confort me it's the type of pet i need. I love "show" animals. Just observjng and being happy doing their life
Tip for facecam/vlogging. Get a camera that can film at 60 fps.
First of all 60 Fps is a bitch to your computer space. Most videos could take up 7gbs. (avg 10-20m); what he has is fine and can deliver the message quickly and efficiently
+Giraffe TM I wasn't saying it in an insulting way.... just giving him a thought. Jesus.
+Clorox Bleach I know right lmao.
protip: triggered doesn't mean what you think it means :^)
***** k
whats a good ant type to start with?
Pavement Ants (Tetramorium) they are common too!
That almost sounded racist XD
Nathan Ahnemann Bullet ants :)
Sadat WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU those ants are bad!!
Ruth R No no no. Bullet ants are safe and they dont bite or sting. No pain at all :)
here in the Philippines you can find different kinds of ants in your backyard. in ours I found weaver ants, black crazy ants, pharaoh ants (this three are common) and trap jaw ants which is rare. I only like to observe than to pet them though.
My lasius flavus colony is growing so fast and i am happy!
0:10 A wild Nicki Minaj appeared
O.O
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SMURKLY 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Was he eating a banana while pooping?
Who doesn't eat bananas while pooping
He was eating the banana with his but
Multitasking lol
Yes probably a dirty joke
Thanks Mikey
Omg, you have a pet pig?! Shes adorable!You're so lucky! I've always wanted one.
TELL ME WHY MY QUEEN NEVER LAY EGGS PLS their trap jaw ant my favorite ant species i got in tagaytay make a vid about it
They may be infertile, or overly stressed.
May not be a queen, infertile, stressed many things could stop a queen from laying
my ant colony die for my brother because he turn on the AC
+Mark Quiroz Oh no :(
+AntsCanada what kind of ants can survive in the cold (central air) at 69 degrees?
any species from temperate regions around the world.
If they can survive a snowy winter in a cool country they can survive an AC haha
So they were tropical ants
I am here Sinds 36k ur channel has grown a lot love ur videos keep going true with your channel love u
i followed your steps, and my col is doing great
mike are you crazy?
the pig, the ants and the lizard.
i'm not sure that's normal.
I HAVE LIZURDS, WOT YOU TRYNA SAY M8
I am saying that you are crazy good sir.
+Peacedust inc. haha.
fite me m8
+Peacedust inc. fokin wot m8
0:18
You have a pig as a pet....now I feel like an asshole for eating bacon...
I haven't eaten bacon for 7 years,im proud
Smol I haven't eaten bakeon in 10 years
Andrew Hamilton I haven't eaten bacon in 19 years.
I love this!
0:12 "There's my pig" I love you even more now
Wait. I have a question. What happens if your queen dies? Does she get replaced or something? Like do they just die off or what?
if you have an ant colony with more than one queen it doesn't matter but if not the colony will slowly die off
+Jackson Quinn Once the queen is dead the rest of the colony will die off because there is no reason for them to live And they don't live long lives
Can't you just buy a new queen. Or will she not accept them, or them her.
+Peg Leg
Most species would reject the new queen/colony.
meisdom Im talking about mult queen colonies. Red ants for example.
Hey I Was Wanting To Get A Small Ant Farm To Just Have Sit Around For Me To Stare At. I Was Wondering If You Know The Easiest Ants To Take Care Of. Thanks! Quick Edit: I Live In Idaho
Any ants that live around your area is best because whether is such a big part to ant keeping
What is the reason to cap the first letter of every word?
Black crazy ants I think
fiuer ants or laycyos
Tetramorium ants. You can catch them on your sidewalk. Very easy to take care of.
So awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great info! :)
2021 any body???
2024😂
Biggest mistake ?!
Put all ant colony you have and put it in your school and release all the ant
+anime fantasy123 yesssss
you call it mistake i call it funny xD
then why would you have Amts im the first place
Oh oops
muffinn how can you be the first place?????
My son like your videos. Good job for the awesome videos
ALMOST 1 MIL SUBS!!!!!!!
Bet he turns to his pig when he runs out of bacon
Omfg XD
That's a strange looking hairless dog.....
To me your the best ant keeper to me
Good job
I feel like people care about the pig more than the ants...like if you agree
Stef Attal true
Yes
Thanks
cheers from brazill
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