Ant Room Tour - 2021

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @antsandmoreaustralia
    @antsandmoreaustralia 3 роки тому +3

    4:53 how funny this happened to me too my grandma was going to buy me one for my birthday but on my birthday afternoon I found one

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      Ahh that's so cool! That's awesome!

  • @antsofsa3839
    @antsofsa3839 3 роки тому +1

    8:44 I'm pretty sure that's camponotus lownei not humilior. 9:18 that is camponotus cf humilior I'm pretty sure, I have the same colony of those guys.

  • @yuichirohyakuya4071
    @yuichirohyakuya4071 3 роки тому +2

    You might need to give the green head ant queens some sand as the brood normally spin cocoons

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      Excellent tip, I overlooked that. Thank you graham!

  • @lukas-by5ww
    @lukas-by5ww 3 роки тому +3

    i think the ant you refer to as Crematogaster is a Melophorus

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      Hi, You could be right! I had to get help to get the ID with that queen - I couldn't figure out what she was. Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it :D

  • @eeareal
    @eeareal 3 роки тому +1

    6:13 i think thats melophorus though i cant see the petiole well

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      Hey eea! Yes there was a error with the ID of an ant, I personally had to get someone else to try and ID it, sometimes even they get its wrong :D

    • @eeareal
      @eeareal 3 роки тому

      @@TheAntKeeper well cant wait to see the progress on this queen ive never really seen one keep a melophorus before

  • @antsandpets
    @antsandpets 3 роки тому +1

    Very cool, I really like how you had something to say about each colony or queen instead of just saying "this a (insert species name) colony" and just leaving it at that

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks Ants and pets! I feel like every queen and colony has a story to be told. I really glad you enjoyed that aspect of the video. Thank you for your feedback!

  • @antlad6054
    @antlad6054 3 роки тому +5

    Love your green head ants they look so good!

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      They're colours are crazy right! Metallic Green has never looked so good

    • @JustB159
      @JustB159 2 роки тому

      Why do I see people using aluminum foil to wrap their test tube? What does it do?

    • @antlad6054
      @antlad6054 2 роки тому

      @@JustB159 just to protect the ants from light and it's a easy cover more stable

  • @denhambad
    @denhambad 3 роки тому +3

    The crematogaster is melophorus

  • @Emil-fn9bn
    @Emil-fn9bn 3 роки тому +1

    I love the banded suger ant colony!

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      They are super cool and unique! I love them too

    • @Emil-fn9bn
      @Emil-fn9bn 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheAntKeeper Yeah i wish they werent that expensive :( :)

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      @@Emil-fn9bn I know Right!

  • @Wombatandwaddles3563
    @Wombatandwaddles3563 2 роки тому

    Meat ant and funnel ant are my favorite. Fortunately we don't have funnel ants in my area.

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  2 роки тому +1

      They both are pretty neat species!

  • @Trellemania
    @Trellemania 3 роки тому +2

    I loved this video! Great set of colonies congrats!

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      Thank you so much Trellemania! It means so much

  • @johnhaymaker5825
    @johnhaymaker5825 3 роки тому +1

    Glad I found your channel!

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      That's Awesome John! Thank You!

    • @johnhaymaker5825
      @johnhaymaker5825 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheAntKeeper I am also really glad I found you because Australia has the most amazing ant species and living in the states, i will never own them. You already have 2 of my favorites, the bull and meat ants.

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      @@johnhaymaker5825 Your rights, I am extremely fortunate to have access to some many amazing sp. What other Australian Ants do you like? When they come available I might get them ;)

    • @johnhaymaker5825
      @johnhaymaker5825 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheAntKeeper You have the bull and meat ants. If their is a native weaver ant species, that would be cool. But any native Australian ants are great to see.
      Edit: any lead cutter colony would be cool too.

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      @@johnhaymaker5825 Good to know! Thanks John!

  • @luke4889
    @luke4889 3 роки тому +1

    I keep a species similar to the green head ants, here in South Africa. Nice collection and vid 👌

  • @antsandmoreaustralia
    @antsandmoreaustralia 3 роки тому +2

    Congrats your bull ant has a worker mine only has medium larvae

  • @cavalierhunter5605
    @cavalierhunter5605 3 роки тому +2

    I have a feeling i picked up a polyrachis Australis wingless yesterday. I’m not sure if it was but I’m imagining picking up a completely new queen and letting it go 💀. I still only got 7 iridomyrmex queens (which I hope can all become friends / polygonous) but I think it’d be cool to have just one other species like pheidole yesterday, I picked up one of my backyard tiles and there was pheidole brood, queens, males, alates, wasn’t able to catch one but now I know exactly what each type of pheidole ant looks like.

  • @phantrom
    @phantrom 3 роки тому +3

    There was a massive nuptial flight going on outside and I caught 4 queens cause I ran out of tubes. 3 are iridomyrmex and 1 other also looked like iridomyrmex with a golden patch on its back and a gold tinted legs do you have any clue what species it is or is it just damaged

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      That's the dream right there! I'm glad you were prepared. Send me a picture on Instagram @The_AntKeeper and I'll try and ID it for you

  • @Ant392
    @Ant392 2 роки тому +1

    Wow

  • @2ndchanceinlife
    @2ndchanceinlife 3 роки тому +2

    My favourite is the green metallica. Same as you, when i was a kid, I loved watching them shimmer green in the sunlight. I picked one up, and I had a nasty sting to my thumb.
    Still its a beautiful ant.
    I was lucky to find one queen with wings at a park, placed it in a testube. It had about 2 eggs, but I didnt feed it well, and I let it go after 3 weeks. Now I regret it.
    Im on the look out for another, and this time, I will look after it properly if I am able to find one.
    At the same time, I have picked up at queen that looks like a Nylanderia sp. I thought it was a Iridomyrmex Bicknelli. However she has about 14 workers I think.
    Cant wait to catch more queen ants.
    You're lucky, you have so many types of queens !

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      What are the chances both of us have the same favourite sp! I am lucky & have got a couple more queens since this video ;)

  • @CreepyPets_
    @CreepyPets_ 3 роки тому +2

    👍

  • @kellyfay6370
    @kellyfay6370 3 роки тому +2

    Omg I wish I lived in your country! I want to be part of the giveaway!

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      I think your going my next video then ;)

    • @kellyfay6370
      @kellyfay6370 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheAntKeeper oh yeah what do you mean? I am from the USA

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому

      @@kellyfay6370 Doesn't matter where you are..New video out in less than 48 hours

  • @RepvertYT
    @RepvertYT 3 роки тому +1

    Yeaaaahhhh Lets goooo

  • @dukeofkeredon3109
    @dukeofkeredon3109 3 роки тому +2

    Few days ago I saw a wild colony of black crazy ants moving their colony and I rushed back to my home to grab a testtube and managed to catch a queen and two workers. I expected more Queens to appear but they got disturbed by me and stopped their moving. Also the queen had laid many eggs I can't wait to see her workers 🐜🐜💗 ua-cam.com/video/VXSonG-nXTA/v-deo.html 👈

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      Wow that's so lucky! Nice job Nikki

    • @dukeofkeredon3109
      @dukeofkeredon3109 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheAntKeeper I just caught some more workers from the same wild colony gonna introduce it to the queen I caught cause she only has two workers I'll be uploading an video after adding more workers ua-cam.com/video/ONuF63DthAE/v-deo.html 👈 to her colony 😀 👍 thanks for being nice, Love your videos ☺️

  • @wardy940
    @wardy940 2 роки тому

    Do you sell these or are you keeping all these queens?

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  2 роки тому

      I keep them all to myself!

    • @wardy940
      @wardy940 2 роки тому

      @@TheAntKeeper Wow. You're going to have a lot of colonies to care for. I couldn't imagine the dedication it takes to make sure they all stay put as well. Hope your house is big enough lol.

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  2 роки тому

      @@wardy940 Haha! I have even more now! You should check out my 50 Queens & Colonies video!

  • @tinyants1559
    @tinyants1559 3 роки тому +1

    Hey the ant keeper,do you have a discord sever or a facebook acc for us to follow?

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      I don't...yet. I'm thinking about starting one soon.

    • @tinyants1559
      @tinyants1559 3 роки тому

      @@TheAntKeeper nice

  • @sawmajbj
    @sawmajbj 3 роки тому +2

    3d 😁😁😁😁

  • @hopeXD7783
    @hopeXD7783 2 роки тому +1

    i want a queen :(

  • @johnfogle2092
    @johnfogle2092 3 роки тому +1

    Sorry i was not here for this i forgot my password to my chromebook

    • @TheAntKeeper
      @TheAntKeeper  3 роки тому +1

      Better late then never! Good to see you again :)