If you were upset by the video in anyway. I'd like to apologize, I recognize that something as normal for me as going to dig up some queen ants can come off as jarring and rather abrupt to others. Please try and understand that when I retrieve queen ants each spring I only take very few, and I can successfully raise their colonies for study and enjoyment, queen ants are not likely to survive the first year after mating which is why they produce so many alates. Taking 4 queens and helping them along is my hobby, i'm skilled and knowledgeable enough to micro manage them along to their first generation workers where they would of probably died in the wild. I don't always dig up queen ants, usually throughout the year you can find them walking along the ground and you can simply pick them up. I haven't raised many colonies of my own in recent years as I have completely stopped uploading....this video is 5 years old, but i still get comments on it so i wanted to address the people who voiced their concerns for the queen ants. I love ants, and for the exception of the one scene in this video, extracting them is a bit less abrupt and usually more easy going. Again, I apologize if that was hard for some of you to watch.
obviously +thekickingguy if he has 4 queens in HIS colony note he has 1 colony and he has 4 queens and he had time to count the 4 queens in his colony then odds are they ARE poliginous otherwise he wouldn't have 4 queens in his 1 colony because they would have eaten eachother and deteriorated the amount of queens to 1 or less, because they could all die.
Let me just sum this one up for everyone: A queen ant STARTS with wings as well as some males. He was mentioning "after" her flight. The flight he's talking about is the nuptial flight. AKA: mating. The males and females fly in the air and mate in the air. After the queen is done mating with several males, she falls back down to the ground and detaches both of her wings and begins to try and locate a new place to start her own colony.Where he found the queen, was where she decided to build her own colony. Great job on that find! I'm still searching for my camponotus floridanus queen :). Now that I saw this video, I might do this too! Thanks again!
Omg some of these comments are so dumb like people acting like they know about ants when they don't saying queen ants are huge some one said they were white and fat and another said they were as big as a finger if you've never raised a colony or even seen a queen don't even say it's not a queen.
I appreciate you trying to do some damage control here. I never expected this video to have this many views...it's bound to get some comments like that.
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Appreciate it, i'm not mad at anyone. I love ants...and I feel horrible if I were to injure any of them or kill them by accident. Some people do no not realize that about 80% of these queens will die of natural causes, the queens that I raise are probably 80% successful....but with insects there are unforseen things that can kill them, things you can't even see. I'm glad my videos helped, what kind of colonies do you have?
@phuckingkunt This is very true. Theres something that I also must warn you about as well. It's known that Solenopsis (Fire Ants) species are also polygynous as well as Myrmecocystus (Honey pot ants) and as you say, usually one queen wins out at the end.....but that is not always the case. Sometimes, all queens die from the fighting. I had a test tube with 3 Solenopsis queens in it and they fought for contention over the colony, only to have all queens die in the process from injury.
@alienveteren Well this depends on the area, climate, time of year, ect. During Spring I catch anywhere from 18-20 queens of varying species. Keep in mind I am not always successful at digging them up, I fail about 20% of the time. In the area I hiked, they are digging every couple feet, sometimes even inches away from one another. The key is making notes of when species in your area mate, mark that date down, it happens usually on that day every year.
No, i am currently raising her colony. She has 30+ workers. I collect, raise, and observe live colonies. I never dig up mature nests...this video is to show how i locate new queen burrows. Usually I collect queens crawling on the ground but if I miss a flight during the night these dig sites are what I look for.
I'm not going to lie, there is always risk in injuring or even killing the queen when you dig. I'd love to hear what you would consider safer equipment. Most of the time i am successful at not hurting the queen though. Usually queens are obtained by simply picking them up after flights but I have also these details with identifying their dig sites.
A lasius Niger nest? They build crater style nests like most ground dwelling species, they also build nests under objects like flat pieces of wood, logs, flag stones. A better question would be what would a Queen lasius niger claustial chamber look like, that's what this video is about. I'd really like to know how you got the impression that I am digging up mature colonies here.
I'm sorry? What do you mean by the comment? I'm a tad confused. These aren't Ant nests...these are queen burrows to be more precise, the first they ever make. The whole point of the video was to help people identify what those look like, hence the picture in the beginning. Meaning, when I dig these up the only Ant i will end up finding is a queen.
Open terrain, usually places where it's easy to spot freshly dug soil. Try country side and hiking trails. These are just the queens i;m digging up at certain times of the year you can find them in 100's with burrows as close as a few inches from one another. These are NOT mature colonies.
@tekubus What you are describing is a mature termite queen, they are literally stationary blobs full of eggs. Ant queens are very different, while they do have egg laying cycles where their gasters become fecund with eggs and bloated they are still very mobile.
@alienveteren The species I find in this video are ground dwelling species. Arboreal species live only in trees for example. These particular species may only be here in the west or southwest. Why don't you tell me what species you are interested in and I can try and give you some tips.
@alienveteren Well, the trick is finding open ground where no tall grass or trees prevent you from seeing them....MOST species like to dig in open ground thats exposed to the sun. Try pathways or even the edge of beaches.
@diego8111996 Yep, i have 2. It is not species I am looking for however. Even though she looked dark in the video her workers will be yellow which is indicative of a nocturnal ant species.
@tekubus Or you could be describing the queen ant that was pictured in Phase 4 the movie. The queen in that movie was actually the head of a wasp with the body of a termite queen.
It's faster and more efficient to dig in a pretty much straight shot from the burrow or they dig in the direction of down hill usually...easier to push the dirt downward.
@MrAndreasaek Depends, where do you live? The species you see me dig up in these videos are on the West Coast....mating flights start as early as the end of February.
@robomantis Thanks, this particular species is very fragile but when they get going they are really pretty to look at. It's not the species I am looking for though.
@diego8111996 Unfortunately no, this was the more common Myrmecocystus testaceus species which is a nocturnal species, i'm looking for mimicus which is diurnal.
Sure, where do you live? Did you watch this video all the way through? Test tubes are the best option for starting a colony from a freshly meted queen.
@Antimidation I'll take her! haha! We can't ship though :/ I dug up an imparis colony on accident 2 days ago while planting a bush! 1 queen and around 40 workers. The queens abdomen is dented near the top :/
Hello "Antimidation" I left you a couple incoming messages, don't know if you check your inbox? Anyway, my question is... is there a paticular time of year I should go hunting for a queen ant? I live in southern Ohio. It is currently Mid-summer, is it to late for me to spot a queen dig-site? I really want to find and catch a queen. ... just curious... do you use your RUclips mail? I have a lot of questions I'd love to ask you. Thanks so much. ^.^ -zeroangerguy
CATCH ME ONE PLEASE HOW MUCH? PLEASE IM OBSESS WITH ANTS! I HAVE SOME ANTS ON MY BACK YARD BUT THEYR SMALL AND THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF ANTS SO IF I DUG IT UP, I MIGHT KILL A LOT OF ANTS I JUST WANT SOME QUEEN!!! AND WHERE DO YOU HIKE AND FIND THESE ANTS? AND I WANT SOME BIG ANTS SPECIES QUEEN NOT THOSE SMALL ONE THAT YOU CANNOT SEE... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! IF U WANT TO SELL THEM GIVE ME A RESPOND AND ILL SEND YOU MY CELL NUMBER... YOU CAN START A WEBSITE AND SELL ANTS
@Gregor Poeth Do you know where this takes place? This is in the foothills of Southern California. There are no Lasius there. There are Lasius way up in the mountain but that is absolutely a Myrmecocystus testaceus.
How long do nuptial flights usually last? Or does it depend on the species. I live in Los Angeles and would loooooove to collect a queen during or right after flight. Also, I've tried searching for flight schedules but couldn't find any, would you happen to have any advice or suggestions for me? Thanks!
Just curious , are there more than one queen in a colonies ???? I discovered ants in my basement , I have Terro and the ants been eating it and going back to the cluster it looks like they're in the wall , there's where they walk too , crack between wall and floor . What I like to do is set out terro inside and outside the house . I am tired of insects .....
Hi there, I was looking to start an ant farm, but don't know diddley about finding queens. I live in Illinois if that helps in any way to tell me the sorts of surfaces I should look through, as well as what kinds of details to expect: species, digging depths, soil types, ways to identify a queen. Anything that could help! Thanks!
i was joking :P anyways, englands having crappy weather right now. so im waiting till they swarm. if i take 1 queen, and 3 males, pop them in an empty ant nest with soil, will they mate? i've got a farm set up, although its hard getting them all from one colony, as they're close together. so i do get them fighting :D
im bipolar when it comes to ants im like "yess I found her"army ant running towards me (first instinct)roll her like a barrel!!naw to floppy.(second instinct)GIVE ME THE SHOE!!oops I killed the queen.BRING OUT THE TAPE!!I "safely"stick them right next to their queen.3 days later I unstick them.ITS ALIVE! =-O
I live in nm and I've always seen flying ants!!!! And I never knew that they were queen n male ants. I recently built a ant farm!!! N knew I needed a queen but never knew where to find one!!! Lil did I know they were flying around me and I didn't even know!!! I am so excited to search for one now!!!!!!!
@Antimidation hey! were going camping to malibu (in the beach and hill part of malibu) and where can i find them? can i find them in the trails? or in the grass... are there more in the grass than the trail? please i need to find a queen, i only have like 30 left from my 60 pogos
I made my own ant farm and I looked about for ants and I saw a queen the put her in the farm then I looked back and there was like 2 of the queens in the nest I put them both in there i think one of them were taking over or something
i know nothing about ants . but very recently i got ants in my room , the little black ones . i know that has nothing to do with this . but suddenly ... im interested in knowing more about this lol new Sub ! (:
WOW guys did you know that you can earn $3500 a week by having fat pinkies...i don't even know what this means...I'm Monday morning and its drunk...Of for a drive i reckon.......
Once i have my ant queen, can i just put it in an ant farm or do i need to get some other ants to start my farm? Do they have to be from the same colony or do they adopt the queen? Halp me youtube!
I found a queen ant but I think I may have really hurt it because it was lively and once I put it in a tube I noticed that its rear was kinda wobbly like it was detached kinda and now it just curls up and moves its legs.
hahaha love these comments about the shovel. It's a standard army folding shovel. When it's folded it's about 5x6 i wouldn't consider that big. Great to carry in a back pack.
You just have to know what you are looking for, most of the time i find queens walking around looking for places to dig instead of actually digging them up but this is just to let you know what to look for.
"I'm gonna point with this pine needle cause my pinky is too fat" 😂😂
If you were upset by the video in anyway. I'd like to apologize, I recognize that something as normal for me as going to dig up some queen ants can come off as jarring and rather abrupt to others. Please try and understand that when I retrieve queen ants each spring I only take very few, and I can successfully raise their colonies for study and enjoyment, queen ants are not likely to survive the first year after mating which is why they produce so many alates. Taking 4 queens and helping them along is my hobby, i'm skilled and knowledgeable enough to micro manage them along to their first generation workers where they would of probably died in the wild. I don't always dig up queen ants, usually throughout the year you can find them walking along the ground and you can simply pick them up. I haven't raised many colonies of my own in recent years as I have completely stopped uploading....this video is 5 years old, but i still get comments on it so i wanted to address the people who voiced their concerns for the queen ants. I love ants, and for the exception of the one scene in this video, extracting them is a bit less abrupt and usually more easy going. Again, I apologize if that was hard for some of you to watch.
Antimidation Actually Queen ants can love for up to 30 years so you may be doing something very wrong if they die every year.
He said that 3 yrs ago
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I have 4 queens in my colony.
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Omg is it what species they may kill each other if it's not poliginous or however you spell it.
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obviously +thekickingguy if he has 4 queens in HIS colony note he has 1 colony and he has 4 queens and he had time to count the 4 queens in his colony then odds are they ARE poliginous otherwise he wouldn't have 4 queens in his 1 colony because they would have eaten eachother and deteriorated the amount of queens to 1 or less, because they could all die.
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Let me just sum this one up for everyone: A queen ant STARTS with wings as well as some males. He was mentioning "after" her flight. The flight he's talking about is the nuptial flight. AKA: mating. The males and females fly in the air and mate in the air. After the queen is done mating with several males, she falls back down to the ground and detaches both of her wings and begins to try and locate a new place to start her own colony.Where he found the queen, was where she decided to build her own colony. Great job on that find! I'm still searching for my camponotus floridanus queen :). Now that I saw this video, I might do this too! Thanks again!
Omg some of these comments are so dumb like people acting like they know about ants when they don't saying queen ants are huge some one said they were white and fat and another said they were as big as a finger if you've never raised a colony or even seen a queen don't even say it's not a queen.
I appreciate you trying to do some damage control here. I never expected this video to have this many views...it's bound to get some comments like that.
Antimidation why don't you make videos anymore more 😕
Awesome motivation and education for my first attempt, thanks a million, maybe i'll vid my attempt...
wow thats awsome
Depends on where you live. If you like in the U.K. or in Europe you can order queens online. Here in the United States you cannot order queen ants.
im not gonna lie that was pretty sweet
that is one AWESOME shovel. where to get?!??!?
stevenan93 You can probably get one on amazon or almost any sporting store, it's a folding shovel with a bladed edge.
the us gi shovels are pretty crappy they bend easy and expensive !!!!!!!!!! :amazon Military-Original-E-Tool-Entrenching-Shovel, get the Russian style :Special-Forces-Shovel-Hardwood-Handle.
I would dig it and sell it for 4.5 dollars
Finally got another queen! Tapinoma Sessile I believe. But she looks sickly...
Appreciate it, i'm not mad at anyone. I love ants...and I feel horrible if I were to injure any of them or kill them by accident. Some people do no not realize that about 80% of these queens will die of natural causes, the queens that I raise are probably 80% successful....but with insects there are unforseen things that can kill them, things you can't even see.
I'm glad my videos helped, what kind of colonies do you have?
@phuckingkunt This is very true. Theres something that I also must warn you about as well. It's known that Solenopsis (Fire Ants) species are also polygynous as well as Myrmecocystus (Honey pot ants) and as you say, usually one queen wins out at the end.....but that is not always the case. Sometimes, all queens die from the fighting. I had a test tube with 3 Solenopsis queens in it and they fought for contention over the colony, only to have all queens die in the process from injury.
@alienveteren Well this depends on the area, climate, time of year, ect. During Spring I catch anywhere from 18-20 queens of varying species. Keep in mind I am not always successful at digging them up, I fail about 20% of the time. In the area I hiked, they are digging every couple feet, sometimes even inches away from one another. The key is making notes of when species in your area mate, mark that date down, it happens usually on that day every year.
No, i am currently raising her colony. She has 30+ workers. I collect, raise, and observe live colonies. I never dig up mature nests...this video is to show how i locate new queen burrows. Usually I collect queens crawling on the ground but if I miss a flight during the night these dig sites are what I look for.
I'm not going to lie, there is always risk in injuring or even killing the queen when you dig. I'd love to hear what you would consider safer equipment. Most of the time i am successful at not hurting the queen though. Usually queens are obtained by simply picking them up after flights but I have also these details with identifying their dig sites.
A lasius Niger nest? They build crater style nests like most ground dwelling species, they also build nests under objects like flat pieces of wood, logs, flag stones. A better question would be what would a Queen lasius niger claustial chamber look like, that's what this video is about. I'd really like to know how you got the impression that I am digging up mature colonies here.
I'm sorry? What do you mean by the comment? I'm a tad confused. These aren't Ant nests...these are queen burrows to be more precise, the first they ever make. The whole point of the video was to help people identify what those look like, hence the picture in the beginning. Meaning, when I dig these up the only Ant i will end up finding is a queen.
Open terrain, usually places where it's easy to spot freshly dug soil. Try country side and hiking trails. These are just the queens i;m digging up at certain times of the year you can find them in 100's with burrows as close as a few inches from one another. These are NOT mature colonies.
@tekubus What you are describing is a mature termite queen, they are literally stationary blobs full of eggs. Ant queens are very different, while they do have egg laying cycles where their gasters become fecund with eggs and bloated they are still very mobile.
@alienveteren The species I find in this video are ground dwelling species. Arboreal species live only in trees for example. These particular species may only be here in the west or southwest. Why don't you tell me what species you are interested in and I can try and give you some tips.
@alienveteren Well, the trick is finding open ground where no tall grass or trees prevent you from seeing them....MOST species like to dig in open ground thats exposed to the sun. Try pathways or even the edge of beaches.
@diego8111996 Yep, i have 2. It is not species I am looking for however. Even though she looked dark in the video her workers will be yellow which is indicative of a nocturnal ant species.
@tekubus Or you could be describing the queen ant that was pictured in Phase 4 the movie. The queen in that movie was actually the head of a wasp with the body of a termite queen.
It's faster and more efficient to dig in a pretty much straight shot from the burrow or they dig in the direction of down hill usually...easier to push the dirt downward.
@MrAndreasaek Depends, where do you live? The species you see me dig up in these videos are on the West Coast....mating flights start as early as the end of February.
@robomantis Thanks, this particular species is very fragile but when they get going they are really pretty to look at. It's not the species I am looking for though.
@diego8111996 Unfortunately no, this was the more common Myrmecocystus testaceus species which is a nocturnal species, i'm looking for mimicus which is diurnal.
Sure, where do you live? Did you watch this video all the way through? Test tubes are the best option for starting a colony from a freshly meted queen.
@cvsporn A very large hobby of mine. March is when i start filming out door hikes again. I will be posting more videos of my own colonies though.
Hate the ant? I love ants. There is certain risk to digging up queens like this. Most of the time I just catch a few and raise colonies.
@Antimidation I'll take her! haha! We can't ship though :/ I dug up an imparis colony on accident 2 days ago while planting a bush! 1 queen and around 40 workers. The queens abdomen is dented near the top :/
most Camponotus can dwell in the soil or wood. Very few are strictly soil, or strictly wood. I would say both.
Hello "Antimidation" I left you a couple incoming messages, don't know if you check your inbox?
Anyway, my question is... is there a paticular time of year I should go hunting for a queen ant? I live in southern Ohio. It is currently Mid-summer, is it to late for me to spot a queen dig-site? I really want to find and catch a queen.
... just curious... do you use your RUclips mail? I have a lot of questions I'd love to ask you. Thanks so much. ^.^
-zeroangerguy
CATCH ME ONE PLEASE HOW MUCH? PLEASE IM OBSESS WITH ANTS! I HAVE SOME ANTS ON MY BACK YARD BUT THEYR SMALL AND THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF ANTS SO IF I DUG IT UP, I MIGHT KILL A LOT OF ANTS I JUST WANT SOME QUEEN!!! AND WHERE DO YOU HIKE AND FIND THESE ANTS? AND I WANT SOME BIG ANTS SPECIES QUEEN NOT THOSE SMALL ONE THAT YOU CANNOT SEE... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! IF U WANT TO SELL THEM GIVE ME A RESPOND AND ILL SEND YOU MY CELL NUMBER... YOU CAN START A WEBSITE AND SELL ANTS
@Gregor Poeth Do you know where this takes place? This is in the foothills of Southern California. There are no Lasius there. There are Lasius way up in the mountain but that is absolutely a Myrmecocystus testaceus.
How long do nuptial flights usually last? Or does it depend on the species. I live in Los Angeles and would loooooove to collect a queen during or right after flight. Also, I've tried searching for flight schedules but couldn't find any, would you happen to have any advice or suggestions for me? Thanks!
Just curious , are there more than one queen in a colonies ????
I discovered ants in my basement , I have Terro and the ants been eating it and going back
to the cluster it looks like they're in the wall , there's where they walk too , crack between wall and floor . What I like to do is set out terro inside and outside the house . I am tired of insects .....
Hi there,
I was looking to start an ant farm, but don't know diddley about finding queens. I live in Illinois if that helps in any way to tell me the sorts of surfaces I should look through, as well as what kinds of details to expect: species, digging depths, soil types, ways to identify a queen. Anything that could help! Thanks!
i was joking :P
anyways, englands having crappy weather right now. so im waiting till they swarm. if i take 1 queen, and 3 males, pop them in an empty ant nest with soil, will they mate? i've got a farm set up, although its hard getting them all from one colony, as they're close together. so i do get them fighting :D
im bipolar when it comes to ants im like
"yess I found her"army ant running towards me (first instinct)roll her like a barrel!!naw to floppy.(second instinct)GIVE ME THE SHOE!!oops I killed the queen.BRING OUT THE TAPE!!I "safely"stick them right next to their queen.3 days later I unstick them.ITS ALIVE! =-O
I live in nm and I've always seen flying ants!!!! And I never knew that they were queen n male ants. I recently built a ant farm!!! N knew I needed a queen but never knew where to find one!!! Lil did I know they were flying around me and I didn't even know!!! I am so excited to search for one now!!!!!!!
@Antimidation hey! were going camping to malibu (in the beach and hill part of malibu) and where can i find them? can i find them in the trails? or in the grass... are there more in the grass than the trail? please i need to find a queen, i only have like 30 left from my 60 pogos
@BreadNTheButter I don't understand the reference to a gun in this video. >.>. Could you explain? lol
in aus the queen is giant with big nippers lol
I flushed them out... big ant, and then i read it can kill you with a bite lol
I made my own ant farm and I looked about for ants and I saw a queen the put her in the farm then I looked back and there was like 2 of the queens in the nest I put them both in there i think one of them were taking over or something
i know nothing about ants . but very recently i got ants in my room , the little black ones . i know that has nothing to do with this . but suddenly ... im interested in knowing more about this lol
new Sub ! (:
Where do you find these? I’m also in NorCal but can’t find any myrmecosystus?
WOW guys did you know that you can earn $3500 a week by having fat pinkies...i don't even know what this means...I'm Monday morning and its drunk...Of for a drive i reckon.......
Once i have my ant queen, can i just put it in an ant farm or do i need to get some other ants to start my farm? Do they have to be from the same colony or do they adopt the queen? Halp me youtube!
You're a little violent with the shovel work but I guess the soil is tougher and harder out there. Good work.
oh and if i just find the queen in those burrows how do i get the workers or do i just leave her alone so she makes tha workers herself????????
hey i found a queen walking on the road i caought and put it into my farm she is doing graet pretty soon i will have workers hatched from pupea
Wow, I've been having trouble finding some queens but looks like you are pro status. Thanks for the help... I'll try again tomorrow
when you said you were gonna dig i thought you meant with like a tooth pick or something then you the shovel thing i was like :0
My... I've only seen an actual queen ant atleast once in the summertime. Then again, I've lived on the East Coast for a while.
Holy crap I totally did NOT think that was gonna work. Props big time. I’ll never forget this lesson
Um antimidation i was wondering if i can order ants online and put in an ant queen i find from a diferent species
this sucks all the ant queen holes ive found havent found one and cant get the harvester ants they all sting
i can find a queen very day? or its 1-5 time in year or something like this?
hahah your halarius "im useing this pine needle because my stupid pinkie is too fat" hahaha your funny
And I complain about my rocky dirt...at least I have dirt! Looks like you've got soft rock instead, lol
Awesome, when is the best time of the year to go in search of queen ants? Or the best time of the day?
Antimidation: alright guys peace *vid ends* *eats the queen*
@Antimidation i think because at 1:36 it sounded like you were getting a gun.thats my guess
Was she aggressive about you digging her up like that? Any bites?
Nice! I hope you get a colony of those going! I love that species!
What if the shovel hits the ants? Or why cant u use a safer equipment to dig? This is sad
when is the season where she starts digging? pls answer, im interested in keeping ants..
you know he was probably just showing you guys then after he showed us he put queen ant back maybe. you never know you never know
Good if you ve never hurt the queen..i dont know the equipment tho,just worried... :'(
"my stupid pinky's too fat." haha i'm such a nerd when it comes to this kind of stuff
Thanks for posting. After mating, queen ants lose their wings and never fly again.
She didn't look very peaceful. Just sayin.
Lew James well no shit Sherlock she was just dug up
WOW!!!!! very good. Thanks. this vid helps out nicely. =) She's a bueaty bro!!!!
after you dig them up what do you do with them like let them go or keep them
@Antimidation about how many queens can u find per mile of a trail? thank you
I found a queen ant but I think I may have really hurt it because it was lively and once I put it in a tube I noticed that its rear was kinda wobbly like it was detached kinda and now it just curls up and moves its legs.
Cool! I was expecting it to be some huge pulsating freakish monster though.
was this type of ant that you said was your favorite from your last video
Awesome, keep at it. Let me know how it goes.
I bet she was all like "DUDE WHAT THE FUCK!" when you dug up her nest
Interesting but not helpful. Also, that wasn't a queen fire ant, right?
There was a fucking ant on my chest . And theres one on my neck while im typing this. Gg
HOw deep do you usually have to dig beforee you find the queen?
i once had thousands of ants at my house in an annex and i saw a queen ant
don't know if racist joke?
or just unfortunate species name.
no you don t need other ant the queen will produse them all
you know after they get kidnapped they did their self back like the
i want to start up a colony could you give me some tips
u must have a good eye to be able to spot sth like that
Did you put her back and cover her up?
this is too barbaric for me
hahaha love these comments about the shovel. It's a standard army folding shovel. When it's folded it's about 5x6 i wouldn't consider that big. Great to carry in a back pack.
You just have to know what you are looking for, most of the time i find queens walking around looking for places to dig instead of actually digging them up but this is just to let you know what to look for.
That was cool but I don't like ants
Is camponotus compressus a ground dwelling species?