Two Really Cool Ant Exhibits in the USA

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Today we check out two very epic ant setups at the American Museum of Natural History (Susan & Peter Solomon J. Family Insectarium), located in New York City USA. The species on display are Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus sp.) and a species of leafcutter ant. The two setups are contrasting as one is more naturalistic and the other much more archetectural in design. Hope you enjoy this vlog as I take you through these two setups and talk about the biology and behaviours of both ant colonies. Ant love forever!
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@AntsCanada 7 ай бұрын

Greetings AC Family, and welcome to this week's more casual vlog. I totally had to show you guys these two REALLY COOL ant setups and colonies. Hope you remember to LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE to the channel if you enjoyed and learned something from this video, and join our evergrowing AC Family! Ant love forever! XOXO So which of the two ant setups I showed you, did you like best?

@user-GabrielAnts 7 ай бұрын

I loved the honeypot ants and the leaf cutter ants the most. They are so interesting to learn about! 😅

@osmosisjones4912 7 ай бұрын

Your very late

@SilverSkyCloud 7 ай бұрын

i like how they did the honeypots more, the leafcutters chamber seemed really empty

@Impat10 7 ай бұрын

@DaFireWorld 7 ай бұрын

i love the leafcutter ants, also can u do a meet and greet in kuala lumpur?

@marijalt9 7 ай бұрын

Imagine being alive and youre just food storage

@AntsCanada 7 ай бұрын

What a life!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@Paran0ia_Ofc 7 ай бұрын

I am a food storage 😢

@DocYT. 7 ай бұрын

@jagerbob7 7 ай бұрын

I mean...

@mentat1341 7 ай бұрын

Isn't that a mom of any mammal?

@isaacsantfoundation976 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, AntsCanada, for your video featuring my honeypot colony! 😀

@Malphas_ 7 ай бұрын

not an ants canada video without the word "trophallaxis"

@jenaf4208 7 ай бұрын

Just like a chubby emu video without "-emia, meaning 'presence in blood'."

@fumpledor-shingledort 7 ай бұрын

4:09

@GilbertGarcia_ojoartstudios 7 ай бұрын

Honestly, both exhibits were cool. The Honeypot's were way more active with all those hanging feeders, so that was amazing, and the Leaf-cutter's was impressive, to see that fungus growing so healthy was amazing!

@20PINKluvr 7 ай бұрын

Whoever designed the leaf cutter nest and exhibit is amazing

@rahn45 7 ай бұрын

Will be interesting if you make an ant colony jungle for one of your ants, I mean you sorta already did it a bit using plastic tubes running around your apartment; so you'd just be upgrading that!

@AntsCanada 7 ай бұрын

I'll try!

@BreadGuy01 7 ай бұрын

Gotta say, loved both of those exhibits! Both had their pros, I liked the honeypot ant one for how compact and simple it was, what a great way to showcase your ants, especially ones that actually need the space inside their nest to spread out. Admittedly though, the leafcutter exhibit was amazing, especially the design in making sure the ants had a long way to go to find their leaves, what a trek! Reminded me of your old black crazy ants setup.

@twothirdsanexplosive 7 ай бұрын

Yeah it's hard to choose since they intentionally designed each one to showcase the colonies so specifically. I love natural terrariums but this twist to highlight the animals is phenomenal.

@animeaunty 7 ай бұрын

My thot for the honeypots was that they should have a "drought" now & then so they can make use of the repletes instead of just constantly making more🤔🤷

@lamidesfourmis 7 ай бұрын

The installation of leafcutter ants is very innovative. It also allows you to see how big it is when the colony grows and to guess that the anti-escape measures.

@Witchofthewoods. 7 ай бұрын

Ants are so underrated. Such cool creature's.

@justastudentprobably 7 ай бұрын

Australian here, honey pot ants are awesome! Growing up we just called them honey ants, but once in like 5th or 6th grade, our class went on a camp excursion. And during the camp we were taught by a indigenous woman how to eat them, along with witchetty grubs. Was scared at first but generally a memorable and cool experience. 👍

@seasonallyferal1439 7 ай бұрын

A multi story exhibit beside your stairs would be awesome.

@KamsiOnyebumuo-tt1bu 7 ай бұрын

Hi am from Nigeria Lagos I love exhibit about the leafcutter ant because I love how they have a diverse symbiotic relationship. Hope you enjoy new York

@baconbirbthegreat 7 ай бұрын

0:52 Poor guys.... They we're called ants 😢now they need a hug

@twothirdsanexplosive 7 ай бұрын

Holy crap. I didn't know about the new insectarium at the NY Natural History Museum 🤯 Planning my trip for spring or summer next year now! Thanks AC for getting word out to us about this. I'll spend my whole day watching those.

@Minimaglite12 2 ай бұрын

bow*

@SweetCloud_039 7 ай бұрын

I personally think that the leaf cutter ant set up is the best because the thought put into the easy accessible chambers and the gigantic out world and elaborate paths designs to mimic the path that the leaf cutter ants would take in nature.

@starlosz 7 ай бұрын

I would love to see you take on the challenge of building a setup like the one the leafcutter ants have, I think the modern exhibit looks awesome because its so unlike anything else I’ve ever seen! Really impressive!

@SkornClawYT 7 ай бұрын

I love the replete at 3:37 on the lower left quarter of the screen, it's just stuck on it's back, not even moving it's arms or legs, clearly with the ant equivilent of "This is my Life now" Or "This is Fine"

@Particle3445 7 ай бұрын

I'd say he should recreate both setups for future ant colonies! It would be amazing!

@ash8paw 7 ай бұрын

Both exhibits were awesome. Honeypots look so squishy and adorable. And the leafcuttters so industrious, it would be neat to see a highway of them moving about.

@sometimesismellmyownfarts638 7 ай бұрын

That kid you were pointing at was shook

@Yuekitty 7 ай бұрын

I personally really like the Honeypot ant exhibit. For one, it’s easier to see the ants and queen. For two, they’re just so pretty and unique!

@y_fam_goeglyd 7 ай бұрын

Incredible setups! Tbh, I couldn't pick between the two because they're both so good for their species. Have a great time at the meet up!

@AcidFlorist 7 ай бұрын

I ain't even an ant enthusiast and I find this so frickin cool and interesting, thanks for the showcase, AC! Both exhibits were impressive in their own way, so cool that they devoted so much space and intricacy to the 2nd one

@jamessaunders7931 7 ай бұрын

I never knew about that honeypot ant behaviour! So cool! Almost at a well deserved 5M AC 🎉

@brianblair2906 7 ай бұрын

I liked the leaf cutter ant exhibit the most because of how large it was and cool ant nest.

@TheStoryWhoNeverWas 7 ай бұрын

that exhibit was AWESOME, I'd be thrilled to see more tours and setups and videos like this!

@vesper1985 7 ай бұрын

Both setups had their pros and I really liked each for their individual virtues. Both catered very heavily for aesthetics though, and they sacrificed some elements of comfort for the colonies to enhance their visibility. I am all for a massive enclosure❤, but like that you go for more naturalistic setups with some comfort in mind.

@fakjbf3129 7 ай бұрын

I think Mikey had flash backs to the old Dark Knight colony which had tubing running all over his house when he saw that leafcutter ant setup.

@thebeekeepers7170 7 ай бұрын

The honeypot ants look absolutely amazing.

@seanwhitman8353 7 ай бұрын

I went to NYC and the Museum myself some months ago, and I was able to witness the Leafcutter Ants at maximum activity. It was just lines of leaf pieces and ants going all over the the lines they had to travel. Amazing stuff

@CrossWindsPat 7 ай бұрын

Wow that leaf cutter ant setup up is beyond incredible! They travel SO FAR!

@Luttibelle 7 ай бұрын

I love the leaf cutter exhibit! I hope you’re able to stop back by the museum when it’s warmer so we can see them fully out and about.

@robynpicknell7801 7 ай бұрын

What really blows my mind about Leaf cutter ants is that when the female reproductives leave the nest on their nuptial flight is that they take a small sample of the fungus that they farm with them so that they can start their own fungus gardens when they have enough workers. Which means that they have to keep the spores viable in a similar way to the way that they keep the males sperm viable for the rest of their reproductive lives! Ants are such fascinating creatures with so much incredible variety across the many, many species of them! Ant love for eternity!!

@AntsCanada 7 ай бұрын

Yes, super cool right?! Wish fungus-growing termites were this easy yo start up!

@robynpicknell7801 7 ай бұрын

Well the first step in that endeavour is to identify exactly which species of termite you have, then you get the kind of woody debris they use from close to a nest of the same species to put in with them. That way you have an excellent chance of giving them the correct species of fungus that they farm from the spores on the debris after the fungus fruited (? flowered maybe? not sure of the correct term). Of course it is very easy for me to say all of this when you are the one actually putting ALL the work into the whole thing to begin with. I do know that is really, really difficult to get it right, but if anybody can do it it is you! And I am absolutely certain that you will get there in the end. Myself and all of your subscribers, fans and supporters are with you 100% of the way. Enjoy the rest of your stay in the States and have a safe journey home. Looking forward to your next video! Ant love eternally!

@ILoveMisty1985 7 ай бұрын

Glad to see a video when you're busy preparing for the meet and greet in New Jersey!

@user-GabrielAnts 7 ай бұрын

Best youtube channel ever! I always watch this every staturday and I subscribed! 😊

@AntsCanada 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Ant love forever!

@user-GabrielAnts 7 ай бұрын

Your welcome! 😊

@user-GabrielAnts 7 ай бұрын

How are the leviathans doing?

@user-GabrielAnts 7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanadahow are the leviathans doing?

@tjgatica24 7 ай бұрын

the leaf cutter set up was jaw dropping even with out being active

@xXMorodarXx 7 ай бұрын

3:33 imagine you must lay on your back forever because you are full of food.

@FungalFriend 6 ай бұрын

The urge to just take a needle and see what happens when you pop open a honeypot ant is something unresistable

@Atius 7 ай бұрын

Woah! Honey pot ants! I remembered reading about them when I was 6! They're awesome!

@thebugboy8513 7 ай бұрын

He’s back❤ ant love forever

@abocado121 7 ай бұрын

Frfr

@markludwiglabadan6161 7 ай бұрын

Ants Canada + Honey pot ants=😍.. Honey Pot ant's is always my fav. ants!

@kflow1379 7 ай бұрын

This was really cool, I can just imagine being someone near you hearing the expertise just amazed lol

@nativewildman9335 7 ай бұрын

The leaf cutter ant set-up is awesome.

@thetwitchywitchy 2 ай бұрын

This is so cool! I had no idea how beautiful and diverse ants were until I started watching your channel! I feel like this would be like a dream job for you ^.^ creating dream exhibits in natural museums to maximize the visibility of trailing and the nests sounds so cool! I really loved these exhibits, it’s very clear they put a lot of thought and work into creating the leaf cutter exhibit, that was beautifully laid out and was still natural to the ants :) Thinking that some of the kids there might have become interested in ants like we are because their parents took them here that day is really neat, it’s wonderful to see the interest in nature and science in children :)

@Memes2.0650 7 ай бұрын

Im in love with Red Harvester ants🐜

@StevenIngram 7 ай бұрын

I like that leafcutter exhibit, it's like the science of keeping them laid bare. :)

@joegrossman5073 7 ай бұрын

Leaf cutter set up was incredible

@antsensei 7 ай бұрын

If your willing to come to the California of life-sciences museum, they have a HUGE honeypot display. Very awesome to see. Thanks for vlogging this Mikey.

@zfalcon2370 7 ай бұрын

I like the leafcutter ant setup the most, I would love to be able to see the ants make massive trails, like you have with the Leviathan’s setup, but on a massive scale. Especially because the leaves the ants carry will really pop against the white background, making them really easy to pick out.

@SnyperMK2000JclL 7 ай бұрын

The leafcutters have always intrigued me greatly, they are so amazing. There are literally 4 things going on that ONLY occur with in the leafcutter nests... The Ants, Their bacteria, the fungus and the weed fungus all are relient upon eachother in some form and exist nowhere else in the world on their own. Its amazing that 4 species live together and rely on eachother to survive, while one is bad and unwanted it couldnt exist anywhere else on its own... absolutely crazy!!! Pretty ironic that both colonies showcased in this video are the 2 that i would want to own successful colonies of... what crazy awesome specializations that evolved to occupy some pretty specific niches... so cool!

@Bildgesmythe 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your vacation!

@takenname8053 6 ай бұрын

Love the Leaf Cutter exhibit

@RindGame 7 ай бұрын

amazing setup for leafcut ant.

@sOdEeP406mUsIc 3 ай бұрын

I liked both displays, but omg the leaf cutter ant display is epiiiiic!!!!

@robustdelirium9277 6 ай бұрын

That leaf cutter set up was clearly designed by Josh from Lets Game It Out.

@AtLaS-bd1lj 7 ай бұрын

Both Ant Exhibit were really cool

@juha-mattikoponen1625 7 ай бұрын

The idea of a big setup sounds amazing! Maybe something with a bioactive soil and a water feature with fish/crustacean. I mean go all out if you going for it!

@reggie8641 7 ай бұрын

The leaf cutter ants set up is amazing. I would love to see a set up like that in your ant room. As your ant room is just so cool and a set up like that for one of your specific ant as you mentioned. Will look over the top. Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us. Which gives me more knowledge

@CinJyxxe 7 ай бұрын

I love these little field trips, thanks AC. Honeypot ants are one of my favourite ant species - they're about as close to alien technology as you can get here on Earth. If you can't use tools, become the tools.

@thenobleoak 7 ай бұрын

The leaf cutters were cool but the honeypots were cooler for me specifically because I didn't know honeypots were native to where I lived before now. New dream colony!

@bubblesofthecoast6393 7 ай бұрын

That leaf cutter next is absolutely wild ; definitely my favorite hands down. The way they visualize the distance they have to travel blew me away

@pawsonalpetcare 7 ай бұрын

The repletes are my spirit animal

@craigk.235 7 ай бұрын

This was so awesome! The leafcutter ant exhibit was my favorite. Museums are great, I love going to them.

@kyalavender-williams9285 7 ай бұрын

This is the perfect video to help me calm down and relax after a bad day of seizures. Thank you antscanada. Ant love forever.

@STORMY9382 7 ай бұрын

AntsCanda Is very AWSOME!

@ItachiPlays365 6 ай бұрын

Can you please do a ant guide again? You did this last 3 years ago, and I am planning to get an ant colony.

@ItachiPlays365 6 ай бұрын

You make amazing videos, my favourite was the leafcutter ants.

@saphyrahun3272 3 ай бұрын

That Leafcutter ant setup was very creative, but I liked more the Honeypot Ants.

@PlayingPanda 7 ай бұрын

3:33 😂😂😂 THAT HONEY POT ANT UPSIDE-DOWN

@maryhairy1 7 ай бұрын

Both exhibits were a great layout. I’ve never seen honeypot ants before. Super!

@osmosisjones4912 7 ай бұрын

Your the greatest thing the happen to ants

@officialrileyt 7 ай бұрын

Great video once again Mikey! Loved the ants!

@Haydenanimations998 7 ай бұрын

This is sick!! Great job!

@bradleyh7582 7 ай бұрын

You will have to come to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. There are Insect exhibits that will blow your socks off

@tamarrajames3590 7 ай бұрын

Fabulous setups for observing the ants. The leaf-cutter setup looks very futuristic and like a modern art exhibit, while the honeypot one looks intimate and cozy. I think I prefer the honeypot right now, but seeing the leaf-cutters fully active might change my mind.🖤🇨🇦

@random40s 5 ай бұрын

That's so cool!! Glad to see you out, and about also! ❤

@mikeupton5406 7 ай бұрын

I like the Honeypot setup. It looks like a great setup for smaller, slower growing populations of ants. The downside to it might be getting access to do house keeping. Also because you have all the springtails and beneficial mites plus the other life in the soil it might not be an ideal setup without a bit customization. I could see ghost ants in a setup like that. The leafcutter ants with the grid of spheres kind of reminesent of the Avatar setup. The one with spheres suspended in branches. Those glass spheres, the much smaller mote with fast moving water and some Ants Canada formicarium towers and regular flat formicariums could be elements for futuristic looking ant environment. Really cool video.

@damowillet7109 4 ай бұрын

It’s hard to pick a favorite. Both were super interesting! Too bad they are evasive where you live! I’d love to see those guys on here.

@KeemV 7 ай бұрын

I would follow this guy throughout the entire exhibit. Dudes the best tour guide

@wamlartmuse17 7 ай бұрын

The leaf cutter set-up would be great for the fungus termites. You could actually grow the mushrooms! Each dome would need half of it to pop off that way you could retrieve the mushrooms & make sure the temp & humidity is right for fruiting. I could send detailed instructions along with rough drafts of drawings. I know a decent amount about growing mushrooms. I have a few species under my belt. I just harvested some king oysters I grew, cant wait to eat them lol.

@theantfarmer9995 7 ай бұрын

Wow this museum is so cool! I think it's like 5 years ago that i started keeping ants because of your videos. I've got quite a few ant colonies by now and like to show some on youtube as well, still need better cameras/content tho.. Anyway love your videos keep it up!

@zanetano 7 ай бұрын

Both were cool. I bet the leafcutter one is amazing when they are active.

@Gk99__ 7 ай бұрын

love it man pls make more videos about this!

@gogolevlego680 7 ай бұрын

Hello! AntsCanada! Have you heard of dinasour ants? They are the oldest ants on the planet.. I think! They look cool for sure!

@InvasionAnimation 7 ай бұрын

Leaf cutter ant exhibit was so cool! I should go next time I'm in NY!

@TERRABLADE-uy7bh 7 ай бұрын

Always epic uploads from antscanada

@El.Sasquatcho69 7 ай бұрын

The lead cutter ant set up is wild wonder if you could do a similar set up just a bit more natural. I guess for there though that maximums viewing really dope though.

@andrew20146 7 ай бұрын

They're both pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.

@amandabrainard6874 7 ай бұрын

I like both of them. They both are imaginative and show case each species to the fullest

@j_toledo419 7 ай бұрын

Leaf cutter exhibit is awesome

@ginaacosta8490 7 ай бұрын

I really liked both of them but a need to go with the honeypots

@kesagatame 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing and hope you have a great meetup. One recommendation I have for you is to visit the newly renovated insectarium in Montreal Canada. Not extremely large but incredibly interesting and they have the best leaf cutter ant setup. Cheers.

@highlighter1564 7 ай бұрын

I recently saw leaf cutter ant colony and I got to tell strangers every I've learned from you about those ants. I live in Canada. I saw them in BC. It was awesome