Ant Farm 02: The Great Escape

[RSA1RSA]

I want to build 2 of these farms and when they are big enough... START THE WAR

[nintendogamer58]

wait how did i got here from a left 4 dead video?

[jigreelo]

Someone is dropping a larvae from inside,to the mesh,then it hatches on the

outside. Very smart ants.

[MrEyeopener100]

you also have a hole in the glue looks like

[NarcosisSaint1987]

Ok, now dump in at least 20 antlions and see what species comes out strong!

[huergo87]

nice video bro!

[iTzTrAx1]

Kill one every time it comes out right on the container. The other ants will learn to not go out.

[MrSwiftiee]

Have they built statues of you yet?

[xXZWCXx]

You should so dump all of the ants out one day and video tape them all running around

[Jasonbjamin]

Howd you get the queen man?

[epicdudesproduction]

it is nice that you made it at home

[Fruitypuddinpops]

Does the queen dig the first tunnel or does she give birth to workers above ground?

[Beaglerussell]

by great ant escape i thought the farm would tip over and fall and break open and all the ants would get out and start crawling all over the floor

[kongeslikkeren1984]

use a coffey/tea filter instead. got smaller holes.

[elitegence]

@Mrakw1

[WillsM85]

I'm new to this. How did u get them to dig to the outside of the tank? I heard they dont like light and wud dig inside and unseen?

[Dorkus89Malorkus]

@WillsM85 They are blind. They don't know if it's light or not.

[dapoopta]

"I just hope they all stay inside" hahaha

[EKCLAN1]

how did you get ants



[MyAcc123NotYourz]

how do you make a ant farm? and do they make the rooms or you make the rooms by cutting them out?

[jup3022]

how did you get all ants inside? like you sat outside and said, hey an ant, come in, omg another ant, you can come in too.

[potctk]

@jup3022 LMAO!

[Mrakw1]

Nice job... i just wont to know.... some ppl told me that ants need dark in underground... is that true?? becouse u dont have any darker glass or somethink and they still have eggs right there in your video... or do u put some clouth on your bootle so that is dark? sry for my english

im asking becouse i wont to have ants too. Where did u get ants?

[Caedakar]

What a bunch of noobs everyone knows not to dig straight down.

[BudaPond101]

how do you start one of these?

[crazyblunt]

watching bugs videos makes me itchy

[FreakStyleNoStyle]

press 1 4 8 for amazing beat box music

[FreakStyleNoStyle]

press 4 for beat box snare

[SausageBaguette]

"I just hope they all stay inside"

[marshman516]

how do u start of your ant farm with just normal worker ants

[lilfireman131]

how the hell did u end up here i started watching a video about c.o.d

[pinball281]

that ant is an agent on a mission

[MrZanar]

were did u get the ants? or the queen?



[Tiyong55]

use a fish net

[gtariman03]

ADD OIL OR PETROLIUM JELLY TO THE SIDES TO PREVENT ESCAPES. WHAT SPECIES IS THAT?

[place910]

just count them each day :)

[idunnoproductionzz]

put a coffe filter over the net.

[TheSupreme676]

He Went to go Visit his niggas In Jail!!!!

Ant:"Yo What up Ant cuz?"

Ant2:Aint shit our Warden is doing 1 of his Youtube vids again

Ant:Sweet tv time woot!

[marshman516]

@TheSupreme676 lol

[Gerbilinator]

How do you pick up the ants?

[ableite]

flink!

[sektakfly]

you are right

[MrPadrino123]

if they belong to the queen they dont run away. the ants have a complex system of chemical trails in wich they can make routs in and out of the nest. they would just come back so dont worry.

[YakimaGulag]

This is really cool! The guy who heped invent the commercials ant farm died today. I have always found ants fascinating. If ants want in or out, they are briiliant at going where they wish to be.

[YakimaGulag]

This is reLly

[88This0neGuy88]

Where do you get a queen . . . ?

[XWierdThingsHappenX]

i have an idea put a paper towl on that strainer thing so they cant escape and stil get air

[dedder15]

Do you have a queen ?

[WeTheBestVids1]

the other ants are looking for there queen

[0Beautifulbrutality0]

@6wweben Diggin up an ant bed.

[davesykes1966]

excaping ? really ? excaping ? come on !

[laceycoke]

@davesykes1966 lol

[ermah]

@MsGnorts, I usually placed some bits of cracker or dead insects into bottle caps that I put into the ant nest. Using bottle caps or other small containers to hold the food made cleaning up easier. You should take out any uneaten food soon because it can get moldy and may cause problems for our ants.

[The12Child]

@ermah Question! Is it cannibal to feed them with other insects

[xXRyanXx58]

@ermah can u please tell me or pm me everystep u did to make this farm

[ZapcanonAvian]

I made a super mini ant farm in a plastic bottle. i used the eco friendly 1. the 1 with less plastic. Bad idea... They ate through it. -.-

[CrazyKidDareMe]

@ZapcanonAvian i did that too >.> damned ants i had to spray the whole room -..-

[thisisnotanick]

Interesting video, thanks for sharing :)

[Wylff]

Are those fire ants?

[ermah]

@Wylff, nope not fire ants. I haven't really researched as to exactly what species they were. I like these particular ants because they are big enough to observe and they move lazily and slow so are easy to watch.

[toymaker117]

@ermah PLEASE TELL me u made a how too video!?!

[ermah]

@toymaker117, you can check out all my ant videos and observations, including how I built the ant farm on my ant farm blog (mylittleantfarm.blogspot dot com).

[TheSurferdude38]

@Wylff it looks like a harvester ant

[samtheman1993388]

Ants can squeeze around screw threads from time to time and simply walk out so...

[kittygirl19191]

i caught a lone queen the other day cause its the breeding flight season XD

[daeviant]

i'm itchy



[elbombardi]

scopefield always find out xD

[Toothbrush08]

The mesh is too big, i have an ant farm, with the tiniest air hole, i went to check out my ants, only to see one squeezing its self out, it was incredible!

[vipants]

Hello, please see my ants

[519MT519]

time to get a tighter lid ;p

[WishingBabyX]

Dude Give them Food like sugar and some water will do BUT DON'T POUR AT THE ANTS!

[watermelonorange]

when i was little, i somehow put a WHOLE fire ant pile into a plastic bag, and sealed it. A week later, they finally chewed through. thousands of ants running around is not fun!!!

[johnrayordas]

humans only have 40% of teamwork,while ants have more than just 300%...............

[pulat08]

"i just hope they all stay inside.  O_o LOL!! xD

[ktfan001]

maby the ant was send to rescue the other ants????

[laceycoke]

@ktfan001 lol

[id493337]

@ktfan001

an ant hero?

[MrQuackism]

@ktfan001 S.W.A.T ant

[Galacticmaster]

might have been a good idea to weigh up a good ant container and then make the adjustments piror to filling it with ants and dirt

i know the situation my ant colony got bigger and i wanted to expand it, but i never thought about expanding it, so i had to make another one

[bluethingstudio]

i hope you read my reaction at your movie making am ant farm becouse talcum works verry good if you ust it richt and it is cheap !

[KurisuHacker1337]

its probalby either the mesh or they're eating the glue and escaping. but then again it could easily be an outsider trying to get in

[ermah]

It turned out that the holes in the mesh were just a little bit bigger near the base. I actually saw an ant squeeze through a hole. I used some hot glue to cover up the larger holes near the base and that seems to have solved the problem, though every so often I will see a lone ant roaming around on top of the mesh trying to figure a way back in.