(Funny!!!) The Life Cycle of Ants and Colony Founding in Captivity - AntsCanada Tutorial #9

"The Story of an Ant"

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[GoldenSilence333]

Is inter-specie breeding of ants possible(as in two different species breeding)

[AntsCanada]

@GoldenSilence333 Closely related subspecies can interbreed. E.g. here in North America Lasius neoniger and Lasius Alienus are subspecies of Lasius niger and all of these often interbreed.

[klumps13]

I spent 1 hour digging up a colony after i saw the queen "DEAD!!!!!!!!".This sucks

[AntsCanada]

@klumps13 I'm sorry to hear that. Yes, that is always tragic and certainly one of the risks with choosing to dig up a wild colony. It is also why many choose to raise their queens from scratch, as in catching a gravid queen ant during nuptial flight season. I speak more about this in my book about collecting ants and queens found at our store.

[klumps13]

are soldier ants as big as the queen?

[AntsCanada]

In some ants like those belonging to the genus Camponotus, yes the soldiers/majors/supermajors can be as big as the queen. Sometimes it can be a challenge to tell them apart without closely examining the thorax.

[Slade2700]

what is nuptual flight seson and when is it spring,summer,fall,winter im confused ?

[Nanci154]

i love that you used playdough! i could not sit through seeing real live ants! can you make one for cockaroaches!



[bejgu7]

OMG ! THIS IS THE BEST HOME MADE VIDEO i've seen !! GENIOUS! keeu up the good work !

[mahroe117]

bleeeeeghhhhh! lol

[Lykon1]

i teach many think from this video :D

regards from poland

[Paatuki]

Question: What happens to the colony when she dies? They move? Or do they procure themselves another queen?

[fyesan13]

@newmoon0527 depends on where you live i think

[Zamorak4251]

I really love your vids!

[newmoon0527]

when is nuptial fight

[Ifarmzants]

So what if you have your own colony started. What do you do when flight season comes around to prevent ants from escaping?