Greetings Ant Lovers/AC Family, thank you for watching this week's episode! I am loving this dream marauder ant colony and love them even more after this! Hope you can remember to hit the LIKE button, leave a COMMENT, SHARE this video, and SUBSCRIBE (hit the BELL and select ALL) to join our ever growing AC Family! VOTE FOR A NAME FOR OUR MARAUDER ANT COLONY BY HITTING 'LIKE' BELOW"

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

The Olympians

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

The Goliaths

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

The Obsidian Armada

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

The Leviathans

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

The Juggernauts

Ohhhhh yeah my daughter has been watching your videos for about four years now and is absolutely in love with ants because of you. My brothers and I got into Antz about seven years ago and I’ve been watching your videos. Keep it up brother to do amazing work, and I pray that only good things happen to you.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! How awesome! Hugs to you both! Ant love forever!

@cecilecottet8984

Жыл бұрын

My son learn English watching your videos. He waits with me each week. Thank you!

@skyblock_mouse

Жыл бұрын

​@@AntsCanadayou got me into ants too and I will always love you for that

@Vpusta

Жыл бұрын

i wat hed this guy for years too hes awesome

@spectershade8047

Жыл бұрын

​@@AntsCanada I have suggestion but take it with a grain of salt since I don't actually own ants perhaps start your own mealworm Farm it's actually not that hard I had one a while ago to feed my lizard

I love how the queen was like OMG ARE WE LIVE ON KZread at 1:47 🤣🤣🤣

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 She hates the limelight, literally!

I really do love ants for their ability to work and do things together despite not having the highest intelligence or strength. I find them incredible.

The ants on top just standing there are looking out for everyone! 😂 that major at the entrance of the nest was so strong. She picked up the heavy end of the worm and took it straight in

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Crazy right?! Ant love forever!

@BLACKEDSNEPER

Жыл бұрын

@@AntsCanada yes

@josephseymour5386

Жыл бұрын

Can you show the timestamp for that please ? It's okaye if it's too much of a hassle

@BabyfaceJaiyeBear

Жыл бұрын

@@josephseymour5386 14:23 You can see the major at work 😊

@kalpanadubey4083

Жыл бұрын

​@@josephseymour5386 14:20

Who knew watching ants could be so much fun. Your love and excitment for ants is infectious. Keep up the good work!

@user-vz4yn8qg1m

Ай бұрын

I know like bees and ants in rl r so boring but then bees and ants online is so interesting

I just love it on how a pupue is just sitting on the queen

@Itz_prinz1

26 күн бұрын

me too

The name of your Queen ant is Queen Lily

In the 4th grade we had to do a report/presentation about an animal, any animal we wanted. I chose ants for some reason, maybe because the game SimAnt was the new hot title. But what I learned gave me an appreciation and fascination with the field of myrmecology and I have enjoyed the AC family for several years now. Thanks for these videos!

@fezinhaoliveira2308

Жыл бұрын

Love this game

Yet again another exciting video by Antscanada

Your story telling is amazing and I enjoy watching and listening to your stories about ants. In fact, it’s very informative and relaxing to digest knowledge from your videos! I guess ‘The Swarm’ would be my input for the name for this ant colony since swarm was mentioned many times 😂.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Ant love forever!

Gonna be blazing a trail with that new Fire Ant Colony! Can't wait to see what kinds of trouble they get into! :D

After about 5 years of watching you i still click on every video as fast as i can

I liked the use of the text overlays over just music with the ants for that particular part of the episode - kind of a throwback to the hidden videos where you just showed footage.

@jacksonsmith1823

Жыл бұрын

Bow.

@lucas_A_Conway

Жыл бұрын

Nice, senator

PART 2 (Continuation of this Episode) is NOW UP: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jHuI05WlndrZqrw.html

@changaoi8170

Жыл бұрын

1st hehe

@braindeadenthusiast7159

Жыл бұрын

2nd hehe

@mushroomsrcool1449

11 ай бұрын

Yayyyyy the Levisthans can grow more.

It’s amazing how big the queen is and the soldier willing to protect the queen is amazing

@Yummyty2896

Жыл бұрын

Good thing YOU are KIND✔👍👏👏😊

@whyismynamehere

Жыл бұрын

@@Yummyty2896 yes.

I always thought the ants riding on top of their prizes were lazy or confused, but from this video I see that when they come to overhanging obstacles these ants help to facilitate the passage of their burden! Makes me wonder if the ones that ride the super majors might have more purpose than energy conservation. 🤔

14:25 😀 A major came out to help pull it in once the others had brought the meal worm close enough to the nest! 😍

The ants hitching a ride on top to protect their meal reminds me of all the people on the Indian subcontinent and in Indonesia who climb on top of trains because of how overcrowded they are! The queen wearing her babies as a dress is the equivalent of when zookeepers hold giant snakes around their necks! 😂 Yes, these ants are smart cookies! Remember like you said, SCALE! To us, carrying a mealworm is nothing but to them, it's everything and they're all in this together! So adding that extra weight of debris WAY before they got to the nest would've made it more challenging. And Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite playing as they carry it back to their next is chef's kiss. Tchaikovsky's touch on music is one of a kind. THIS is the power of music! Music tells a story. And in this case, beautiful classical music helps drive the story of your channel!

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and happy you enjoyed the episode! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜

@tamaratyler4472

Жыл бұрын

Levthians

@Terminatormonke

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@jenchrave3788

Жыл бұрын

​@@AntsCanada i know a game that you might like its called empires of the undergrowth

@UHHHHHHHHHHH12345

Жыл бұрын

@@jenchrave3788 Yea i play that game and its called empires of the undergrowth which its really fun! And you can even choose your own colony.

I love this channel. So fascinating and mesmerizing.

@annacacho7202

Жыл бұрын

What the heck

I remember watching this when I was younger and to come back for nostalgia reasons it’s amazing

I think you should really push to get those amazing blue ants we seen some time ago....they were stunning and unique!!!

The amount of effort you put into filming these super up-close shots for us is amazing. Thank you for another great video ☺

I can’t wait till they get super majors, so excited to see this colony grow !

@CPTSmiler

Жыл бұрын

And universal drones

@oso244

Жыл бұрын

@@CPTSmiler you played a bit too much antelligence on roblox my guy

@CPTSmiler

Жыл бұрын

@@oso244 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Hey! Been watching your stuff for a few years now, I remember stumbling upon your cockroach giving birth video from years ago, because of you I got to try out caring for ants (altho my mom got me a vertical sand one and I wasn't home enough (divorced parents) to take care of them, plus I was like 12-13 so that was a bad idea. But you do a great job of giving me that feeling even when I am unable to take care of them myself, I can watch you work you magic with the AC/fam, keep up the great work! ☺️

I love this channel I've been watching it since 2018 it has taught me so much about ants and I will try to catch an ant queen to start a colony

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Ant love forever!

@jan-lukasvathje4008

Жыл бұрын

Same :)

I'm so glad you're still making videos man! I used to watch your videos like 5 to 6 years ago but i stopped watching more and more and i started losing interest, i honestly loved your vids back then i still do❤️

@fpcooper95

Жыл бұрын

You have a lot of awesome vids to catch up on omg! 🎉

cant wait to see more from this colony!! so fascinating!

His colony are so good he went 1 colony to an universe of colony we love how you make us see how ant are special insects

Really cool video, what a step up from the last size we saw them. Poor mealworm😅

I find it really satisfying when ants swarm other bugs and insects and drag it back into the heart of the colony

2:44 "Please spared me" ahh drag💀

Awe-inspiring, in just a couple weeks, the colony got so much larger!

@milalphonso

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah

Does anybody else feel like a newbie at ants when they’ve been watching this channel for years?

This is really awesome....I loved this colony❤️❤️❤️❤️

That major lifting the whole mealworm into the castle was the best

Such a beautiful ant colony. I've been watching your channel since the pheonix empire and I've been addicted since.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for watching! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜

@phasmos153

Жыл бұрын

same, the pheonix empire brought a lot of viewers ig

@Ho_Tuyen

Жыл бұрын

Same

amazing video. Ants canada is the most popular ant keeper, also amazing closing statement too I knew that empress was going to lay eggs because if the queen lays eggs and become larvae, those are the nanitics. Also have a good day!

he really misses the pheonix empire calling the queen ember empress 8:34

👇 Chicken nugget Kingdom

@judith5990

Ай бұрын

Chicken nugget chicken nugget

@samornlekhong-zh6vd

Ай бұрын

Nah bro😅😅😅

@LaurieHall-ll4kd

27 күн бұрын

Chicken nugggggggggggggggget

@ChesterApril

20 күн бұрын

This is abusive to my axolotl nugget

Can't wait to see the new fire ant army grow

ah yes the moment that you gave us the information that the fire ant queen was fertilized and had pupae, one singular thing went through my head and out my mouth "Finally, two worthy Opponents!"

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

So now the question is: Are you Team Marauder or Team Fire?!

@larsonlangford

Жыл бұрын

Team fire ants. even though I live in the Utah USA and closest thing to fire ant are harvester ants

@shunkim6543

Жыл бұрын

@@AntsCanada hrmm... honestly i might be a little biased cuz i've been playing an Ant RTS game and my favorite colony type is fire ant

So happy we have these ants back on the channel!

Others might be skittish when they see ants, but a powerhouse queen along with a swarm working together like this one is the sign of a healthy and thriving colony. To others, pests. To us, beauty. Life, no matter the creature, is beautiful. Because life is a GIFT! Them piling on the grains on the mealworm is the equivalent of humans when it comes to freshly poured cement on an urban sidewalk or quicksand in adventure movies. Would you walk right through it and get stuck, or would you try to avoid it? For the ants, the solution is covering it all up.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

I totally concur, Mr. President!

@lucascalvert-tn8th

Жыл бұрын

U acc kim Jon un

@teela4425

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't Kim Jong un support killing everything,literally opposite of what you said,(plz don't bomb me)

@Prestfon12345

Жыл бұрын

YO KIM

@francisjohnoca5710

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like communism to me!

I really want to see you fabricate a Mount Olympus for some Camponotus Herculeanus, and make its outworld with a mini Greek Coliseum for their feeding area.

Poor mealworm. The ants had a real feast!!!

Man you're a whole blessing. I am currently working on finalizing a very chimeric fantasy race that is specifically well-known for extreme reproductive proclivities, called the Tyraks. They were heavily inspired ants and locust. Many of your videos have provided such amazing content to watch and excellent inspiration! Absolutely fantastic work dude, loved how Queen literally wore her babies xD

That was amazing! Wowzer 😀 This channel is so much more then you'd think. Thanks for another fascinating video 👍🏼

Love Your Videos! I’ve watch every Saturday for 1 year.

@ItsLuminousOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Omg u liked the comment!

I've been raising C. diversa too! Incredible species, man.

At 10:57: ant in the upper right is directing traffic! "Easy does it ladies! There's no rush!"

11:46 why is that one ant on that rock near that horn twerking?💀😭

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Haha! It's releasing pheromones and creating vibrations (aka stridulation) to sound the alarm! Ant love forever!

I love seeing some of the worker ants just riding on top while the rest work on bringing it home

that was amazing how they worked all together for that mealworm im sure the queen would love sutch a catch great work ants go for your goal :D

This is The most well made Documentary/Story telling I've seen in 5 years, Good job! Looking forward to binging your videos!

I love waking up to watch my favorite channels.

I definitely voted! This colony is amazing! It was fun seeing the ants bring back the mealworm, I hope they enjoyed it. It will be exciting to see the colony grow.

I love how at 8:35 he called the Titanic Empress the Ember Empress 😂

Wow they are soo awesome! I hope you upload more videos of these ants. Cause they are my dream colony too.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

More to come! Stay tuned! Ant love forever!

@christian-zd1rp

Жыл бұрын

My dream too

Finally a new update of my favorite ant colony

hello mikey could you make a series of an ant colony using only tubes from anthills and outworlds from your store without terrariums and aquariums it can be any genus solenopsis camponotus etc (sorry for my english i'm brazilian) #antloveforever

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Ok, will do! I did this for a black crazy ant colony once!

@osmosisjones4912

Жыл бұрын

Did you know ants can use tools

@liamowen297

Жыл бұрын

​@@osmosisjones4912 yeah I live in Australia and the ants stole my tool bag and built them selves a house but anything is possible in Australia

@dr-em

Жыл бұрын

@@liamowen297 bruh

@liamowen297

Жыл бұрын

@@dr-em yeah I now charge them rent as they live in back garden and they always pay on time

I just got here to the community but I’m HIGHLY invested in the weaver ant colony and I wanted to know what happened to the colony you found in the tree (the most recent).

@mjbriffa

Жыл бұрын

Me too I also want to know what happened

Loved your commentary in this video IDK why but I really enjoyed the description of the ant wearing pupa like a fancy dress :)

Cant wait for more updates on this colony!

i love those ants im really exited to see the major and super major to join the swarm on the hunt if only there were more big ant

"Heave! Heave! Heave- Come on, the queen is waiting!!"

Best vid ever love how they dragged it into the castle for the others! So nice🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜go ants!!!

Yo thats seriously awesome n badass..i had never knew about the rocks being placed over exposed guts of there meals..ik about how insects "blood" i have mantises n jumpers but i feel ants aren't really my type of "hobby"..but luv watchin you n others but how interesting ants are!! I feel there too much work n im too lazy lol

@user-dk5vj2br1o

Жыл бұрын

Bro those ants are flippin hilarious!!idk if its my smoked head or what lol but it reminded me of canoe polo..you got the bosses on top of meal worm like "push, pull,ect" n they were just so serious!lol great video!!🤦‍♀️🤣🐜

You can almost hear the ants shouting as they come out of the feeding spot " guys hurry! Look at the size of THIS!"

@JeanYossa

28 күн бұрын

This will feed our entire nation and have many more later.”

11:48 ( The 🐜 on the branch just vibing

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

It's totally a Gen Z ant!

That was so amazing to watch, like a TV documentary clip

Another great video ants Canada 🇨🇦 🍁… all my love from South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 uk . So sad to hear the news on brain barczyk 😢 breaks my heart . Stay strong brain if anyone can do it you can speedy recovery. Love to all your family and freinds 💋

Man, Im impressed that nature could impress me like this

Imagine being jealous of Ants because they work better together than humans

Im tearing up rn the nostalgia of the cells to singularity music is so amazing in a way ;)

The ant colony is so cool! I have been watching your videos for a while now, they are all amazing!

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜

Hey man! I love this species and im pretty jealous you have so many neat ones in the Philippines. I caught a Myrmica rubra Queen last fall and she has 7 workers atm, made me think of yours when you were in Canada. Cheers! CanadianAnt.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! How are you? Been so long! Hey, Myrmica is a sick genus, too!

@CanadianTropica

Жыл бұрын

@@AntsCanada I have been great! I love the new build man, beautiful Property(saw the tour with Exotic). I'm just continuing my Beekeeping Journey with 21 beehives doing great heading into spring! finally lol. I am glad you are doing so well man! It's been a long time since the Ant forum haha.

Hey bro! Just wanted to say I’ve been watching you for a while now, over 5 years! And your videos gave me a certain love for ants. Sometimes during lunch break at work, I would see ants, and I would give them pieces of my food, watching how determined they were to get their food home was inspiring, and sometimes I’d pick them up with their food, and give them a helicopter ride to their home XD

Watching so many ants accidentally get in the way while trying to help 🤭

My colony of Camponotus tortuganus are about a year old now. I started with 12 queens and ended with just 1. I've noticed over the past few weeks a boom in population about 35-40 and now 3 chambers occupied by brood. I expect the population to triple next month. I only ever see 1-2 workers scavenging. The rest guard the nest & most appear to have full stomachs. The Queen's gaster is a balloon with tons more brood on the way. They live on a diet of crickets, honey & occasional banana chunks. They also lived side by side with a colony of beetles who took care of garbage disposal but the population disappeared after I added a some vermiculite to the outworld. Their trash dump locations seem to be under control. I'd like to reintroduce some more of these beetles to maintain their trash but I'm not sure what available sub straight I should use. I raise my own crickets for feed which is fun and easy. I enjoy their music. I understand Camponotus spc typically take a lot longer to get established and flourish in numbers, so I'm really excited to see how they do this year.

More update on trap jaws ants please! I’m gonna buy my own trap jaw ants next week just waiting for my formicarium

I’ve always loved ants and you sparked my love for them again:)

Man I been watching for 5 years and I enjoy your content keep up the good work

I'm so happy for you 🤗🤗. And since you started you never gave up! Such a big Inspiration!

U were so inspiring to me years ago I watched your channel and it so so interesting learning about these creatures

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Thank you for watching! Ant love forever!

@creativestar1423

Жыл бұрын

:) ant love forever

I love the ant feeding vids. Although my favorite is still the live feeding. 😅

that ant dancing at 10:55 is remarkable

Very educational when it comes to biology, keep it up!

Can you please do an update on the termites? I've been dying for an update on them

@zagoskintoto

Жыл бұрын

same!

@larsonlangford

Жыл бұрын

Not me

8:30 "Ember empress" I miss her too haha

Titanic empress

You should get a super sensitive microphone so you can HEAR the ants communicating during times like these! (Stridulation, chewing, walking etc.)

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@rubix1694

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m so glad you read my comment, and I would love to see this happen! I’ve been watching your videos for years and never thought about suggesting this.

@marie-pieredwards5421

Жыл бұрын

Ants mainly communicate using pheromones, though.

@rubix1694

Жыл бұрын

@@marie-pieredwards5421 Mainly, yes, but not entirely. They do what's called stridulation, which is rubbing certain plates together to make a noise, and they use several noises to convey different ideas (food, intruders, stuck under dirt, warning, etc.). Plus, they have different levels of excitement, such as discovering high quality foot etc. - I think it would give us more of a sense of what ants or other insects are hearing on an auditory level (although I doubt we perceive sound in the same way, like how snakes detect vibrations, but they don't actually HEAR sounds - they're deaf). With an ultra sensitive mic, you could pick up their mood and energy level better, plus hear all the sounds they do make (intentionally and unintentionally), even though you are correct, they mostly communicate through pheromones. It would just be interesting, since AntsCanada is pretty much the GOAT of ant documentation, this would give his channel another element of ant life that we don't see or hear from anyone else, other than a few short clips. I think it would be fascinating. Sorry for the book I just wrote you lol, I really hope I taught you something and I really, REALLY hope AC gets an ultra-sensitive mic, since it would add a whole other level to his channel.

@marie-pieredwards5421

Жыл бұрын

@@rubix1694 ok

I am so excited for when my colony gets this big. Amazing video was awesome to watch them swarm!

As a major arachnophobic person I can't help but feel calm behind the Screen watching this beautiful display of a carding family ac unraised them well and I'm just fascinated by what they can do

The ant in charge of the move: "PIVOT!!"

Haven't seen you in so lonnng

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! Ant love forever!

I learn something new every video you make

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜

It’s been four years since these videos I’m glad to be back on the vids

When I visit my grandparents the first thing I do is look for any colonys and look at the for the whole day and never get bored 😅

Wow their colony is getting big!