I kept a queen ant for 70 days until she had roughly 100 workers. Watch as she lays eggs, raises her young and increases the size of the ant colony. We feed the colony chicken, honey, fruit flies and spider legs. If you like this content let me know and I'll be sure to make more videos just like this!
The winner of last weeks competition is @thesmalllives, I will get in contact with you shortly, thank you to everyone who participated I loved reading each and everyone's answer!
Thanks for watching guys, Eli from Ant Invasion is out!
Hey guys thanks for watching! Please let me know if you like this style of content, are there any ants in particular that you'd like to watch grow? Have a chillin day guys!
I was wondering where do you buy your ant houses
I was wanting to start ant keeping should I?
Ants all the way
The queen cracked me up when the workers were trying to help her get out the tube. They made two exits and she chose the smallest one (also up higher) where she had to force her huge gaster out of! 😂
Watching an ant colonies starting stages is so satisfying
Right!? Is there any way I could film them that'd make it even more interesting?
When the world needed him most, he returned
Amazing Video! Love the content!!!♥
Great video, loved seeing the ants move from one nest to another!
Thanks mate! It truly is a marvellous event!
Awesome mate! Nostalgic as ever and great to see your making videos again!
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😅👍👍👍
trail ants are australian so
Good video bro with good shots, keep it up. Also what camera/lenses do you use?
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
Wow! Those ants are clever 😅
Tell me about it! What an experience watching them make way for the queen aha
Another banger Eli, We gotta go find some Myrmecia real soon before winter!
Thanks Hayden, yes bro that sounds like a great idea, imagine seeing their progress after 1 year!
enjoyed watching this video love to see more long videos in future by the way where is moisture chamber in that wooden nest my favourite ant genus is componotus as they r big
hey man I have a few ant colonys, do you feed your ants wild fruit flys then Freeze them? great video btw.
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.
How do you hydrate their wooden nest?
I don't really know!
Bro I have a carpenter queen and I did research, ima wait 2 months for one worker ant!!
if u live in australia must try bull ants
im kinda new. sooo when the queen doesnt have workers, do u feed her? and if u do, what do u feed her? 2nd question: what do u really feed the ants sometimes and always. is the chicken cooked? i mean i gave my other ant colony a cooked chicken and they didnt really like it. they only like mealworms and cockroaches
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 KZhead 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
I love watching your videos!🎉
I love reading your comments! Should I continue with this format?
@@ant.invasion Yes please I love it! ❤️
Why would you need 15 queens, just a couple is enough to ensure a successful colony. Other than that great video!
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
great video (WHY is there HAVA NAGILA in the backround 0:30- 1:20 )
Thanks mate!! And the answer is why wouldn’t it be in the background hehe ;)
@@ant.invasionexactly
where do you buy these
I like Lasius Ants. They are a very fast growing and hardy species. Have a nice day.
3:58 a tiny rock makes for a nice ramp
Awesome video Love it ❤❤
Thanks bro! Do you like this style of content? Thanks :)
@@ant.invasion bro i love it.
Legend thanks dude, more coming soon!
What species is this?
I have a trap jaw queen ant laying eggs hah!
i like ant videos
Same
Me too !!😊
Me too🔥
Same
Me too
Ants good
Nice video
I like colony videos ❤
Is the ant species camponotus japonicus
Yee you Love video
Друг, не надо пожалуйста шуршать в микрофон))
I’d like to see ant war
me too
ha! that's so not ethical
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