Texas Bullet Ants Update - Settled in their Outworld & Macro Lens 4k
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- Part 2 of the Neoponera’s new 15 gallon outworld setup. We discuss some of their biology and highlight the cocoon eclosion process.
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Very nice video you captured here! I can tell you spent a good deal on it, especially waiting on that nice moment where they're tenderly opening up the cocoon for their fellow antmate. Also love how you bring up terminology mentioned in the video with text. Great work man.
best vid ever so cool i need these ants!
Amazing video
Nice set up and sp😍
Looking really good!
Great closeup! Thank you
Nice nest 👍
Excelente video! 👌🏻
Wow, they are doing really well, Amazing video, I loved the macro shots
Thank you! Should be seeing a lot more macro from now on around here
Very nice macro shots and Nice setup top 👍
Thank you! Slowly getting better at this haha
what camera and lens are you used
IphoneX with an attachable lens made by VKAKA.
I wish these were legal in my state, they look so cool
What time of the year do these gorgeous ants fly?
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I literally just heard of these a few min ago. Didn’t know Texas had these!!! What parts are they mostly located?
I love your setup damn😍 I’m getting my villosa queen this weekend after looking for this sp for over 2 years because i’m from Europe they are really hard to come by. Do you have any recommendations concern the temperature? I love to hear from you.
Sorry I missed your comment! I keep the room between 72 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit and they do just fine. No heating pads or heating cables required.
Can you make a care guide for Texas bullet ant
That is a planned video
@@TheAnttarium could you do it maybe this week or next week because I’m getting one this week
nice video Andrew, I have a colonie and Im interested to make a new nest of ytong, it will be so good if u could make a video of it, thanks!
Unfortunately I can’t get Ytong in the USA affordably. It has to be bought in massive pallets or shipped in from overseas. If I ever do get my hands on some I will make a video on it.
I'm surprised by how much labor it takes to free an adult from it's cocoon
can we have an update?
God I want this species so bad. 😫
Hi, I have reseived two texan villosa queens yesterday. I have put them I a little set up with a test tube, acting as a nest for them.
But the queens don’t want to settle down… they are constantly foraging in the outworld. Is that normal Ore is something wrong?
Would be very happy about an answer!
They are very active semi-claustral ants. Do the queens cooperate? Do they keep to themselves? It may take a week or more of not being disturbed for them to become comfortable and begin laying eggs. Remember the queens will fight for dominance once you introduce them to each other. Where did you source the ants from?
@@TheAnttarium I keep them separated because I would like to get two colonies.
The one already hase 4 eggs, the other one zero. Now they actually both hiding in the testubes. I hope they will calm down now.
A can’t really name a source. I have got them from a friend from France. But idk who gave them two my friend. He told me the queens have bin collected two weeks ago in Texas.
Hmmm interesting. Well whoever exported them from Texas to France did so illegally. Just keep that in mind. EU is lax on this stuff. USA is not. When I collected my queens down in the southern tip of Texas it took many of them a week or more to settle down and lay eggs. Just make sure they have adequate water, a honey dish, and small prey insects such as crickets. I recommend injuring the prey so they don’t fight back much or wander into the test tube. I have seen queens and workers accidentally sting themselves in a struggle against prey inside a confined space. Also you have no way of knowing if they are fertile. If any of them produce males first, then you know they are not fertile. You can find Neoponera queens foraging all the time and it’s never certain what their fertile status is.
nice nest! homemade?
Can we have an update on your harvester ants?
Yes there will be one in the future.
How big can Texas bullet ant coloneys get?
Well over a 1000 in the wild I am certain. Would be a mature and well supplied colony. In captivity we can probably get it much higher granted we provide everything they need.
Do you sell N. Villosa Queen and workers ?
any updates?
Do you know some one who sending ants from USA to UE?
No I do not and if they are doing so without USDA permits they are violating federal law
bruh why tf did I move away from texas.... Texas has all the ants California has, just cooler. T.T
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!