I Spent Days in the Jungle to Find an Army Ant Queen!

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • Part 2 of my Mexico trip introduces the first ant queens of the trip, including a Neivamyrmex army ant queen! This is only the third time I've found a Neivamyrmex queen, and to think it was 1600 miles from my home state! On top of that, a Neoponera villosa queen, tons of tarantulas, our first live snake, and even more insane army ant species makes this video one you can't miss!
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  • @thestondfrog
    @thestondfrog 4 місяці тому +6

    No way a army ant queen bro your the best you made my day

  • @sandy_carpetsthesecond5013
    @sandy_carpetsthesecond5013 19 днів тому

    When I was in secondary school, a queen bee once tried to nest in the sleeve of my blazer (I'm in the UK and most schools have uniforms)
    I hadn't even realised that the queen had been there up until I'd swung my arm for some reason and the queen went flying. Luckily she still hard her wings, so she caught herself and flew off, but I couldn't help but feel somewhat bad for the fact that I'd basically threw the poor thing.
    Thinking back on it, she must have been cuddled in there for a while, because my arm had that "lack-of-something" feeling you get when somethings been removed from your skin, and I'd been inside the building for about 3 hours by the time I'd accidentally thrown her out. But yeah, that's a fun story.

  • @BlackRiptide
    @BlackRiptide 4 місяці тому +8

    I love your videos. I hate that most anting channels don’t include common names but you do!

    • @ArthropodAntics
      @ArthropodAntics  4 місяці тому

      it's hard because a lot of ant species don't have common name, but I like to use them whenever I can.

    • @Cyifer.
      @Cyifer. 4 місяці тому

      @@ArthropodAntics idk how you don't have more views or just more popular love the channel

  • @Virginian_ants
    @Virginian_ants 4 місяці тому +4

    I just fell in love with those little cephalotes. Sad i cant keep the.

  • @FloridaAnting
    @FloridaAnting 4 місяці тому +4

    Love these, drivers and armies are badass

  • @robbyh1485
    @robbyh1485 Місяць тому

    Thank you

  • @tobiasrietveld3819
    @tobiasrietveld3819 4 місяці тому +2

    7:35 you got your E.burchelli major right there...

    • @ArthropodAntics
      @ArthropodAntics  4 місяці тому +2

      unfortunately that's what's typically known as a pseudo-soldier; technically it could be considered a major, but it lacks the large mandibles that are typical of full-sized Eciton majors

  • @cgstudiosthebaconbro
    @cgstudiosthebaconbro 4 місяці тому +3

    First time finding your videos, there pretty good bro ima sub

  • @Reshtarc
    @Reshtarc 4 місяці тому +3

    I love C. Planatus.

  • @ARoyalBonzana
    @ARoyalBonzana Місяць тому

    Make a discord bro and keep up the amazing work!!!!

  • @ARoyalBonzana
    @ARoyalBonzana Місяць тому

    Wait you have one lets gooo

  • @atlanticants
    @atlanticants 4 місяці тому +3

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @prixalternative4201
    @prixalternative4201 4 місяці тому +1

    Awesome 👍

  • @Reshtarc
    @Reshtarc 4 місяці тому

    TY.

  • @natureman494
    @natureman494 4 місяці тому +2

    you're actually in a hot spot for pseudoscopion diversity! it looks like it was either in the family garypinidae or chernetidae!

    • @ArthropodAntics
      @ArthropodAntics  4 місяці тому +1

      Very cool! admittedly I've never paid too much attention to them, but I've always found them to be at least a little interesting.

  • @Alexander247
    @Alexander247 4 місяці тому

    1:56 they look like they move in stop motion

  • @thehairypavementant3931
    @thehairypavementant3931 4 місяці тому

    That looked like a lot of fun if those two colonies of army ants met who would have won or do they ignore each other? the smaller black and red species

    • @ArthropodAntics
      @ArthropodAntics  4 місяці тому +1

      I'm pretty sure that whenever army ant trails interact they just ignore each other - but if Labidus praedator were to fight Neivamyrmex impudens, the former would win easily. Their colonies can get 10x as large!

  • @luischen5358
    @luischen5358 4 місяці тому

    The army ant Queen so hard to find It

    • @ArthropodAntics
      @ArthropodAntics  4 місяці тому +1

      True! I've only seen 3 ever, and they've all been Neivamyrmex - larger army ant queens are even harder to find!

  • @marijnnn4992
    @marijnnn4992 4 місяці тому

    Why didnt ypu keep the kolonie that you found in the stick

  • @thegirlwithnoname1652
    @thegirlwithnoname1652 4 місяці тому

    why did you not captured the army ant queen

    • @ArthropodAntics
      @ArthropodAntics  4 місяці тому +6

      me sneaking an entire army ant colony through airport security