I once picked up a brick finding a megacolony of pheidole megacephala into a basket with barrier, and I got 60 queens at once and a ton of brood, I still have them and I'm not really sure how many queens they have, over a week they doubled in size, this species has attacked my own colonies before too, 5000+ workers, take up 25ml of water/week
Saw about 2 queens you missed. Might have to go back in a few days and do it all over again xD. might take a while to get them all from the shed. Also I saw some male alates in the new colony you collected. They might make the queens soon.
@@TheAntKeeper haha yea. trying to collect every single one is a job and a half. If you leave them to regroup for a day, you can see if you missed any 😁
The biggest colony i had was a 500 worker sugar ant colony but they escaped lucky I had them outside or they would have been all over my room I also put them in a natural setup to early
capture the alates and hope they pair . then put them in test-tube setups and keep them there until they got 50-60 workers then free them ( to give them a better chance at starting their colony )
I once picked up a brick finding a megacolony of pheidole megacephala into a basket with barrier, and I got 60 queens at once and a ton of brood, I still have them and I'm not really sure how many queens they have, over a week they doubled in size, this species has attacked my own colonies before too, 5000+ workers, take up 25ml of water/week
The biggest colony I’ve ever had is an acorn ant colony with 4 queens, almost 10 ergatoid queens, 75 workers and 25 ergatoid males.
Amazing ants! Doing very well by the looks of it :) long may they roam !
I think these colonies will do really well!
once again wish I had a colony like this. great vid
Thanks so much!
wow is awesome that you now have 2 large colonies
It’s so much fun 🤩
Saw about 2 queens you missed. Might have to go back in a few days and do it all over again xD. might take a while to get them all from the shed.
Also I saw some male alates in the new colony you collected. They might make the queens soon.
I actually was in the shed for nearly 2 hours collecting them all! I didn’t want to miss a single ant if I could help it 😊
@@TheAntKeeper haha yea. trying to collect every single one is a job and a half. If you leave them to regroup for a day, you can see if you missed any 😁
Never heard him curse before but good video😂
The biggest colony i had was a 500 worker sugar ant colony but they escaped lucky I had them outside or they would have been all over my room I also put them in a natural setup to early
500 worker sugar ant colony would be amazing! 🤩
awesome video man i think you might be able to merge the two to have one big colony
Oooh 😯 That’s a cool idea!
Amazing colonies
Thanks So Much therealiamkiloo! They are awesome!
So many queens! Great video!
Thanks Mate!
capture the alates and hope they pair . then put them in test-tube setups and keep them there until they got 50-60 workers then free them ( to give them a better chance at starting their colony )
That’s a great idea! I love it!
We call black ants , sugar ants here in Texas
That's cool! G'day Dustin! I've heard some people in AUS refer to these ants as sugar ants too!
@@TheAntKeeper that's what's supp
Great video mate 🐜🤘
Thanks so much KB ANTS!
Love your videos mate, keep it up!!!
I love your videos Ant Invasion! Great to see you uploading again. Thanks so much!
@@TheAntKeeper thanks mate appreciate that! let’s get the ant community rolling again shall we!!
@@ant.invasion sounds like a plan 👌
8:57 just so you know there’s a male alate in the middle of the screen
Oooh! Great Spot
The species is ochetellus glaber
Awesome vid as usual, keep up the good work!
Thank so you so much for the support!
Wow
I know right!
What type of ants are they
Iridomyrmex sp.
@@TheAntKeeper your videos are so good.
@@fungamer9788 Thanks so much FunGamer!
update?
There's mites btw
yessir
What sp?
What is that species egggggg tell me i want to catch it
I saw some queen running
They're Iridomyrmex sp.
Gotta catch 'em all!
Great job as always! I wouldn't call it a mega colony personally :D Good luck with them matey
Haha 😆
Mix them
second! i love your videos, really nice!
Yay! Thank you!
Nicw