Oops, I wasn’t very clear earlier! Formica rufa ants do cultivate fungus, but not like Atta or Acromyrmex ants. They mainly use it as medicine. When I mentioned 'gardens', I might have exaggerated a bit as it sounds more appropriate in leafcutter species ;) Check out this cool article on Formica polyctena ants and fungus: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7997191/ You might also like this other article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139316300191 Here they explain how red wood ants control moister and therefore control fungus growth inside and outside the nest.
Remarkable work !
great video! waiting for more.
There is more to come soon :-)
Super video abouts ants . Its a lot of work. Thanks!!
Yes, these anthill are amazing. Some are in silk. ants use their larvae to produce silk like caterpillar.
hey do you at all keep ants?
yes sure! Do you?
@@AntsDocumentary Yes but only tetramorium they just had workes.
@@IdahoAnts-l1q Good choice! They escape easily though;) What is your setup?
@@AntsDocumentary just some glass test tubes they will go into a mini hearth in the future though.
@@IdahoAnts-l1q Keep me uppdate!
I didnt know fomica rufa cultivate fungus😅
Oops, I wasn’t very clear earlier! Formica rufa ants do cultivate fungus, but not like Atta or Acromyrmex ants. They mainly use it as medicine. When I mentioned 'gardens', I might have exaggerated a bit as it sounds more appropriate in leafcutter species ;) Check out this cool article on Formica polyctena ants and fungus: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7997191/ You might also like this other article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139316300191 Here they explain how red wood ants control moister and therefore control fungus growth inside and outside the nest.