Sugar Ants | Tandem Running Their Way to Victory
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this ant documentary, we take a brief look into the lives of Sugar Ants, also known as Carpenter Ants (Camponotus spp.). Featuring original footage filmed in Australia.
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Written, narrated, filmed and edited by Jordan Dean.
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This was amazing because I couldnt find this kind of information on the internet
Thanks! Glad you learned something :)
Used to have a banded sugar ant highway going through my backyard as a kid, and I used to love observing them and their tandem running behaviour
Your videos are BBC, National Geographic etc.-quality worthy dude, great work!
Thanks so much! :)
I agree!
I am not attacking others but you videos are many times better than Ants Canada's (Dont get me wrong they are great vids too).
Your way is more peaceful and less hollywood/clickbait. I think with time if you keep this up your numbers of fans will be very big and very loyal. I have shown friends who dont care about ants and they really enjoy the videos.
Michael Corcoran ikr
Michael Corcoran ants Canada a weirdo that just keep clickbaiting and exaggerate every little thing that happen to one of his insects
I love how in nature different species sometimes work together helping each other survive
you're like an australian david attenbourough, love the narraration!
I would love to start a banded sugar ant colony!
Thanks for this informative video , Jordan.
I know a lot about ants but this is the one species I didn't know much about sugar ants so this video helped me
Finally a New vídeo...
keep doing It man \o/
So relaxing! Love this video!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed :)
When I was a little kid I once saw two carpenter ants attacking a lightning bug by grabbing its wings. It was the craziest thing I'd ever seen.
Fantastic content mate!
Thanks Nik! :)
To be more specific, your videos are fantastically edited, nice and visually dynamic with loads of gorgeous footage. Sound balancing and choice of music is really good. Plus, the scripts you write give the videos a really good sense of having a beginning, middle and end.
Sometime in the future I would love to have a Bullant formicarium. Those massive, deadly ants have fascinated me for years. Like hunting visually - how cool is that?!
so professionaly done !! , keep them going
Thanks! I'll do my best :)
Great video, Jordan!
Thanks! :)
I love your videos. I often show them in my classroom. Keep them coming!
Thanks! That's great to hear! :)
Question for you... I have a camponotus pennsylvanicus colony that I bought off of someone. There are about 5 workers and a queen with some brood (early larva stage from the looks of it). It's set up in a home made mini fornicarium (looks like plaster of some sort) and it really smells and I'm just not a fan of the look - its a small plastic pill bottle. I'd like to move them into a clean test tube setup, but I'm worried that it's very close to their diapause time. Should I hold off or go ahead with moving them? They're very sleepy acting... only 1-2 workers forage the surface for food. The rest just lay with the queen and brood. I don't want to risk killing them with the move... need some advice from an expert.
I love ur vids and I wish u would upload more
Brilliant video! You should do a video on Pheidole next!
Thanks! Definitely considering it :)
The quality of this video is amazing!
Thanks! :)
Man this was really cool. I've been watching AntsCanada for a while, watched your older videos too being from Oz. Stoked that you are making videos again. How long were you filming to get all this footage? Super good footage too, really cool man. I caught my 1st queen alate this year of this species but she escaped on me haha, I was spewing. Didn't realise how strong they were. Gotta wait another year to get a fresh alate haha. Keep the vids coming man, very keen to see your info one about keeping these.
Thanks Jack! It's hard to put a figure on it as I've been filming on and off since the last video (a couple of months ago now). This one took a bit longer than usual because there was lots of night shooting (which I'm new to), that's when most Sugar ants are active. Good luck finding those queens!
Fantastic video 👍🏼
Your vids are getting great
Thanks :)
ants are so interesting
I love ANTS but thank Nature GOD didn't made them bigger. If they were like aliens size then we all know what will happen to us. They can hunt us just like Ridley Scott ALIEN films.
GamE FrEak Have you seen how big some ancient bugs used to be??
These ants have a better sense of humor than I do...
Awesome Video man, love these ants, keep it up man :DDDD
Thanks :)
I must say sir, your footage is remarkable. I don't know if this is just a fun hobby of yours, but Nat Geo or planet earth or someone along those lines needs to hire you
Thank so much! Hopefully some day :)
Wow those leafhoppers look amazing! Here they are just green little things lol. We don't have camponotus ants here either
wow! Never realize how big sugar ants are compared to tetramorium species!!!
Amazing 🤩
Amazing video.
Thanks Aaron :)
Mom: your going outside weather u like it or not!
Hey can you do an update on your natural best ants aka big headed ants I think
It wouldn't he pheidole probably The Argentine Ants Dun dun dun!
Nice video Ants Australia. Keep up the good work
Thanks! :)
No problem :)
would be cool to see a video about Polyrhachis (Australian spiny ants)
A good choice. Recently found a queen too. An incredible looking golden species (Polyrhachis cf. semiaurata). We'll see.
Great video as usual
Maybe video about Atta sp. or different species of Pheidole ?
A greeting from France
Thanks! Unfortunately, no fungus growers here in Australia. Pheidole is definitely a possibility though :)
Great video! What camera do you use?
it would be fun to play an ant inspired rts game
Hi Jordan, We are new to ant keeping and have a Camponotus consobrinus queen and a few workers. When I give them food, they cover it in soil. Do you know why they do this? I made some sweet protein-rich ant food by mixing cooked pet's mince, soft boiled egg, mashed date and some honey from my son's hive. I put a little of the mixture in a tiny plastic trough. The ants seemed to cover this up with soil rather than eating it. Did they not like it? Were they afraid of its stickyness? I'm worried the larvae are not being fed protein. I keep the food in the fridge and replace it every couple of days, though their soil cover seems to prevent mould forming. They also have a drinking water tube and a small al foil dish of diluted honey.
Do one on solenopsis and camponotus inflatus in diamond creek there are heap
Camponotus inflatus in Diamond Creek?? Never come across them before, hence the lack of footage. I'll have to head up there sometime!
I have noticed Camponotus Consobrinus living in Nevada, USA. I thought that species was endemic to Australia?
They are. Probably just a similar looking species.
I have sugar ants in my room but they're just so cute I'm planning to lure them into a enclosure 😭
How did you get non-shaky footage?The lens doesn't have image stabilisation
Tripod :)
Hello I'm Aaron from New York City and I need some help. How do you take care of a ant queen. I found a queen ant wandering the floor and reminded me of this channel and also of that I had a ant colony as a kid and still have the kit cleaned out. So I followed the instructions and set it up and don't know what to do with the ant inside. Please give me a helpful comment.
Can t wait for your next video, maybe try covering Big headed ants, or maybe Green tree ants.
Both good choices. Thinking of heading up north to Cairns again soon, so Green Tree ants are definitely a possibility.
that would be awesome to watch, I recently caught a green tree ant as well she is fertile but no eggs yet. If yeah want I can you some footage.
Congrats! Not the easiest ants to raise from what I've heard. Good luck with it. Thanks for the offer. We'll see how this Cairns trip plays out first..
okay well just let me know and yes they are incredibly hard to raise, but if you are successful there easy.
Love it
Fireants!
Hi. I'm new to your channel, I scooped up some ants, no queens yet. Could like 10 live inside of a tic tac can
Nice video ;-)
Do they need a lot of moisture? Like what percent 50% 20%?
Hey bud love your vids, but could you do one on funnel ants?
i always wondered why sugar ants could beat up a bullant
Awesome video, i subbed...
I’ve had a carpenter (or) Sugar ant problem in my house... they always come into my room! I don’t keep food in here but they always come... it’s scary! Some crawl on me and it sucks. Some winged ones fall into my bathtub, idk why there specifically but only there.
Can anyone tell me why? And now to get rid of them?
Harpegnathos venator next?
An amazing species! Look very similar to Myrmecia with those massive eyes and mandibles. Unfortunately, they're not found here in Australia.
someone show camponotus ending bull ants '-' (3:15) I've never seen
Found worldwide apart from where i live, the uk, where their status is unknown from what I've seen feelsbadman
How long do sugar ant larve take 2 hatch
do odontomacus ants/ trap jaw ants please
Does anyone know what species that smaller group of black ants is in 8:57 ?
by the way I meant to make another video but more about honey pot ants
just a quick question, how do you hydrate your nests i need to know as i am about to start a colony
It really depends on the type of nest you have and the way it's designed. Most nests should have small hydration ports where you can inject water via a syringe.
why don't you do a vídeo termines their raising Andrés their rivalry with ants
I have these in my house
you dont got lasius spé in australia
Finally :D
Can anyone ID the sp at 10:04? I think I have them and would like to tell people their taxon name
How would a bull ant got defeated by seemingly weaker sugar ants?
These are awesome!
Thanks! :)
I learnt that banned sugar ants fight with bull ants
are they semi cualostral?
Plz do crematogaster ants plz
Being a minish suddenly sounds terrifying...
A world of alien spiders trying to eat you
are these carpender ants.
I cought myself a camponotus herculeanus Queen, and all I can say is 10/10 can't climb on glass. Just shame that they hibernate for 5 months. :/
The black ones give a little tingly feeling
Hi. I have accidentally begun raising a colony of ant... Long story short i accidentally mixed a queen ant with substrate that was in the back yard. Now there are little tiny ants. Id like to keep going with it but i dont know what ants they are. Im in South Australia, these ants are brown, tiny, like maybe 1-2mm. I dont know what to feed them?
Also they are super laid back
Oh and the queen has a light brown almost transparent abdomen
Lasius or honeypot
So candy ants queens that are about to leave the nest also have to watch out for bird sitting right outside their nest scary
I found a queen a couple of months ago.And she has only laid a cluster of eggs. but the eggs look more like the eggs at the end of the video. Dose that mean they are infertile?
Impossible to tell at this stage. You'll have to wait for pupae to know for sure.
Ok. She's had them for 3 months maybe more I'll have to check my dates. How long dose it normally take to pupae?
It could take a week or it could take months. Really depends on the species and the temperature and humidity they're being kept at.
ahh ok
This video is weirdly relaxing.
No offense.
1:15 ?
Army Ants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! That part about how the workers lay their own eggs when the queen dies is extraordinary! It's the perfect survival strategy... *sigh* I Love Ants.
Loading Please wait thanks mate now I will make the colony
Your videos are therapeutically relaxing
Agreed
agreed aswell
It would be great to cover Iridomyrmex next. Such an omnipresent, aggressive and ecologically dominant genus
Definitely considering Iridomyrmex. Shouldn't be hard to get the footage. They're everywhere here :)
WashingtonAnts not really I tried
unfortunately no
I just got a queen ant but I got sad because it had wings and I was like prob isn't fertile but it just ripped the wings of yesterday so I'm super happy. It will be my first colony if everything goes well 😁
what kind?
TrueProGamer that's awesome I had a queen but I lost her 😅😭
Good luck with your queen =)
Thx AntsBrazil and it's a fire and I think I don't know I'm a noob at ants and rip I hope my queen doesn't die
TrueProGamer be careful if it is fire ants. for a "noob" it could be a lot more work than you think! be careful
Beautiful footage, and very informative! Thanks again.
Thanks David! :)
Ants Australia I CAUGHT A WINTER ANT TODAY!
Wow this video has no dislikes, good job Ants Australia, you sure got a lot of positive fans! what a great community you have built!
ants international plz do a another update on your ants. I love your dinosaur ants I keep them but I'm a American. but hay I still have camponotus pennsylvanicus. One more thing where were you born you sound and look like a American but you don't live there.
Ants International *32*
No he's say there's like no dislikes compared to other vids so y u being rude
Those who give dislike to any video like this r just doing to for there fun n sick sense of satisfaction. This people will do u harm for no reason n they will find enjoyment in ur pain.
It has 32 dislikes
Polyrachis ant next ? I see a lot of them in Queensland.
They are semi claustral ants but there isn't much information on them, that's why you should make a vid on them.
I've heard that some can even swim and bond leaves together.
Definitely a consideration. Recently found a queen too. An incredible looking golden species (Polyrhachis cf. semiaurata).
Please do! i have seen so little of them.
Do Lasius next please! Like if you guys agree!
NKZ l ProductionZ I'm not sure there's Lasius in Australia.
Yeah, no Lasius in Australia. That is my favorite genus though!
ok, well what about Messor Barbarus?
Ants Melbourne oh ok. Well I think Ant Australia is already filming his next video on a type of ant species
Do Lasius!
Another vid I will watch a million times
Jordan make videoe more often we Really love the content and the Quality of the video! :)
Thanks! Will do my best :)
yeah that would pretty cool
Quality over quantity I say...
where do you get all this footage? its fantastic
Thanks! It's all original footage (shot by Jordan Dean) mostly within Victoria, Australia.
Great video Jordan, can't wait for the next one!
What do you suggest feeding a colony of sugar ants in captivity?
Thanks! For their sugar source, mine love fresh ripe fruit. Apples in particular. And, like most ants, they love their pure/raw honey. For protein, any insects will do really. They're not too fussy. Crickets seem to be a favourite, but that goes for most species I've raised.
Sugar ants I help at school. They spread huge. They don’t bother with other species like common black ant (crazy black ant) a lot and they really don’t go out there is 1 that can be out looking and that’s it
I don’t know about calling all those guys ‘sugar ants’, I’m not great with scientific names, nor am I an expert on ants.
I have however fought many many battles against ‘sugar ants’ specifically. That is to say what pest control and generations of Grandparents, Aunts(they should know ;), and uncles call ‘sugar ants’.
They are teeny tiny little buggers who love concrete patios and inevitably find their way inside houses if you leave sugary things or spills out.
They are red, black or both but tiny and are expert invasion forces.
I’ve been told the same thing from Hawaii to Mexico to Canada.
Whereas Carpenter ants are Carpenter ants, weavers are weavers... etc etc.
5:28 _I don't wanna go to school! You'll have to drag me there_ !
Yep, some behaviors really are cross species.
I was wondering about the name of a specific sugar ant, they tend to be all dark black, and incredibly small. Their colonies only have very few entrances and they tend to flee rather than fight back if provoked by human activities ( which is how I was able to safely observe them ) and the queens are about 3 times the length of the workers, they are really fun and unique because of their behavior so knowing the name would really be appreciated.
"Congratulations! You have been selected for foraging duty today!"
"I don't want to go"
"Ohohoh you don't understand....That wasn't a request!"
I always wondered how sugar ants in a jar with bulldog ants, prevailed, as a child and now I know! Many thanks and keep up the good work!
Great work Jordan! These are getting better each time!
Thanks Brendon! Always trying to improve :)
I have no clue what Earth I am from, but the 'sugar ants' of Texas are itty bitty and are not Camponautus (Grammar?)...
StormishBreeze so going by the scientific name is better