I was wondering where do you buy your ant houses

I was wanting to start ant keeping should I?

Ants all the way

Messor cephalotes

Right!? Is there any way I could film them that'd make it even more interesting?

Ahh man that means heaps thanks for that! More videos like this coming soon, keep an eye out ;)

@@ant.invasionAs another Aussie ant keeper, I hope your colonies go very well, sadly Melbourne isn’t really very ant active area especially in the city😅👍👍👍

Thanks mate! It truly is a marvellous event!

Thanks Hayden, yes bro that sounds like a great idea, imagine seeing their progress after 1 year!

Tell me about it! What an experience watching them make way for the queen aha

Hey! Thank you very much, I’ve taken quite a bit of inspiration from your recent ant video so I’m glad you enjoyed :) I’m using a canon 750D with a canon 60mm f2.8 macro lens. Just got some extension tubes coming in the mail too. What about you? Love your realistic natural events 🤣

@@ant.invasion Nice. I just bought a Sony a7iii with some sigma zoom lens. I know like nothing about cameras and I feel like the quality of my footage looks like trash compared to other people, maybe its a setting or something I'm messing up

Oh wicked dude! Yeah I’ve been looking into the a7siii, definitely the way to go I reckon. Great slomo too? I thought your footage looked great! All the shots of the ants in their nest were wicked dude! Shoot me a message on Instagram, I’ll send you some lenses that could look insane

I love reading your comments! Should I continue with this format?

@@ant.invasion Yes please I love it! ❤️

I don't really know!

Their nest does not need to be moistened, because these ants do not like moisture

Ahh great question! Well the other queens are in their own seperate tubes, so I can choose to keep those colonies, but usually I end up selling them to anyone who wants them / can’t catch a queen of their own!

@@ant.invasion I see

Hey! Yes that’s exactly what I do! I find that fruit flies are also perfect for test tube sized colonies too :)

@@ant.invasion thanks man your going to be a life saver for my ants

No worries, let me know how it goes. I usually pull them apart just before feeding my ants just in case they wake but up from their frosty dreams aha

@@ant.invasion how do you capture your fruit fly? how I do it is I get a smal glass or plastic cup or container thenthen I add some rotting fruit or peels then I place some transparent plastic put smal holes then place it close to my garbge so whenever I throw it all the fruit flys have only 1 option for food.

@@ant.invasion the ants are partying and want more food thanks.

Thanks bro! Do you like this style of content? Thanks :)

@@ant.invasion bro i love it.

Legend thanks dude, more coming soon!

Same

Me too !!😊

Me too🔥

Same

Me too

Hey man! No worries at all, I love to hear new people getting into ant keeping so good on you! There’s a few videos out there on KZfaq including some that I’ve made which teach you how to raise your queen ants. First things first, you’ll want to identify your queen ant, most of the time they’re claustral queens. Meaning that she has enough fat and protein stored inside her to raise her first generation of workers, this first generation will be the ones that go out and find food to further fuel and grow the colony. This means you won’t have to feed her until she gets her first workers… woohoo! If she’s semi claustral like bull ants for example, you’ll need to offer her food before and while she has any brood. My go-to food of choice is usually little insects, especially pet store crickets they go down a treat. Otherwise yes go ahead and experiment with protein rich food that you eat yourself, like chicken, mince, nuts and seeds. Ant diets vary lots between different species so don’t be discouraged if they don’t even touch anything random you give them hahaha. Ant keeping is a lot to do with trial and error. I hope this was helpful, thanks for asking dude!

@@ant.invasion np man this was very helpful but what if the crickets jump out how u supposed to get em. plus, i had a fire ant queen i caught and by the time there were its first workers, it died

Ahhh that’s a shame man sorry to hear that. Don’t feel alone though, this happens all the time in ant keeping, very unfortunate man! I usually pull the crickets apart before feeding my ants, especially smaller species, since they’ll get hurt if not

@@ant.invasion but i still dk when to feed the queens

​@thehutofroblox you can crush the leg/legs of the cricket or just kill it ants should still eat it

Thanks mate!! And the answer is why wouldn’t it be in the background hehe ;)

@@ant.invasionexactly

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В России такие в июле-августа летят

In September I, getting a fire ant queen!

I’m pretty sure it’s black trail ants

me too

ha! that's so not ethical