Greetings, AC Family/Ant Lovers! Another Ant War between two notorious invasive ant species, one of which are our pets, the other a wild break-in colony. There was so much to discovery through this process and the ending was the best part! Let me know your thoughts, guys! Also, hope you remember to hit the LIKE button, SHARE the video, leave me a COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE (hit the BELL and Select ALL for Notifications Squad) to join our ever growing AC Family! It's Ant Love Forever! XOXO PS - What did you guys think of the surprise reveal? #555

@mgxsmokie6822

Жыл бұрын

second

@mr.fancytux

Жыл бұрын

pretty good

@lilyu4255

Жыл бұрын

Omg second reply

@irishboii_

Жыл бұрын

4th reply

@StormGrooty

Жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

The black crazy ants seem to be a fan of ant towers, so why not give them their own?

@deathrow579

Жыл бұрын

Cause he'd have to get the queen as well

@sethbailey508

Жыл бұрын

bow

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

This is true! ❤ Bow.

@AntosPlays

Жыл бұрын

Bow

@gameuniverse3295

Жыл бұрын

Very true

The Black Crazy Ants moved in because they knew you would look after them. They want to be KZread stars. Just look how much they strive to cling on to an existence. They deserve to live.

@user-xv1ul5mw7e

Жыл бұрын

he is to cruel if he kills them

@KukeyMonster

Жыл бұрын

I agree with this. All they want is the love from us! Lets give them a proper home and a great time here on the channel!!

@SOMEONE-hv3xc

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, i agree wholeheartedly.

@ethanbryan6321

Жыл бұрын

he goes looking for queens but a colony legit came to him, let them live

@anthonypobega

Жыл бұрын

I regret my comment earler, I like your idea

Ant battles? This is exactly what I mean when I'm talking about real YT content. Amazing setup, and then the climax!

That "boiiiing" noise when you plugged the hole with cotton was absolutely perfect, I'm still giggling

AC is finally hitting his mad scientist era and keeping experimental super-ants.

@jamesdell9135

Жыл бұрын

he has a clan of crazies living in draculas basement, there are movies about this sort of thing

@Spekor

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesdell9135 calling it.. keep the colony of crazies.. and name them the renfields

@GCGray

Жыл бұрын

@@Spekor The Renfields is a great name!!!

@varthalgamekiin4931

Жыл бұрын

@@Spekor Hell yes!

@mistresskixen6142

Жыл бұрын

AC tried keeping Pharoah ants in the past but released them later on so not the first time.

It's a clever move to cover up the jelly cup with gravel. A great reminder,that these tiny animals are not just a chaotic mess, they can build amazing strategies to survive.

@katelynsturch3798

Жыл бұрын

They’re incredibly smart! They’re showing decision making capabilities, tool use, and of course coordination/team work, a complex language, etc.

@Chrisy7

Жыл бұрын

it’s all so fascinating. the way life learns and adapts over time and through moments like these will never quit amazing me

@reosemuel

Жыл бұрын

indeed. they are annoying when invading but also so smart!

@rcm-bm8qb

11 ай бұрын

I think they executed a strategy by building a wall...

Got to keep the Crazy Black Knights. You could do an upside down connolly and call it Crazy Town. They could live on the top and descend down for food and building material. This might have some observational advantages like keeping a black mat over the top of two sheets of glass. Allowing you to better observe the ants. You could also light it and provide building materials so you could see through the nest and see where rooms were and how they were changing.

I live in Nova Scotia, and after watching this channel (Across different accounts) for years, I finally managed to capture my first queen. (As I finally have the time and resources to start one) Funnily enough, it was rather easy, as a New York carpenter ant queen was casually walking down my main hallway. Hopefully with the knowledge that channel provided to me, I can grow this queen to it's fullest potential.

Species 555 colony gonna be another a great journey to follow. The black crazies definitely need a setup, that would be insane in a couple months to see the numbers.

@bobdapopcat2652

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@EnablingBarley

Жыл бұрын

Agreed cant wait for it to be a succes.

I say they shall remain in the antverse. You did not choose them, we the viewers did not choose them. They chose us. That indeed is a sign I say ;) . Also the more species the merrier. More choices for the new material ;)

@donnatornay2537

Жыл бұрын

Oh how the plot thickens. I love the direction of the chain of events.

@Kschychooo

Жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it, I need you guys to refresh my memory. But wasn't it the crazy black ants colony that Mikey built built multi nest network in his old place? I mean main nest in antiverse room and smaller satellite nest in the kitchen? (I bet you Arejey was cringing and wanted to kill Mikey, but got a nice present for the sacrifice ;) ) Or was it different species colony? I will try to dig through the videos, but I am sort of sure it was the crazies. Maybe now with better space we could have bigger multi terrarium set up without the need of going into the kitchen ;)

@jaybomb5022

Жыл бұрын

But they're a native pest species. The little heart shaped fuzzies were worth keeping for sure.

@Catiku_Cat

Жыл бұрын

​@Jay Bomb i dont think that matters. Fiew ants are an invasidlve pest species and he loves keeping them.

@jaybomb5022

Жыл бұрын

@Catiku Cat I said native pest. They're literally everywhere like house flies lol.

It doesn’t surprise me that the Crazy Nomads (the name I gave em😉) keep coming back you’ve made the perfect living space for ants they just want some love as well

This guy makes ant watching incredibly exciting….it truly is a whole new world for me I’m loving it. Ty so much

I’ll be honest, I legit never saw myself getting invested so deeply in a bunch of random ants that some Canadian guy keeps in his room. I honestly think these crazy ants should be offered their own space to thrive. They’ve clearly taken interest in the neighborhood. Throw them in a full ant tower!

@malithdeshanmuhandiramalag5567

Жыл бұрын

Same

@kevingallineauii9353

Жыл бұрын

nah, kill rhem all.

@youraveragephesh3173

Жыл бұрын

Canadian? I think he's Filipino

@jameschristophercirujano6650

Жыл бұрын

​@@youraveragephesh3173He's both. Canadian of Filipino descent, but he's living in the Philippines now, coz he's an actor and endorser here for more than 10 years.

@IPlayVideoGames

Жыл бұрын

@@youraveragephesh3173 his name canonically is "AntsCanada"

Keep them... they clearly are fans of yours and certainly deserve a tower of their own... And didn't you have a black crazy ant colony before?

@unknownodin

Жыл бұрын

I thought so as well weren’t they the crazy 8s

@SOMEONE-hv3xc

Жыл бұрын

What happened to the DarkKnights?

@gamebeast4191

Жыл бұрын

@@SOMEONE-hv3xc batman just needed a vacation

@prcervi

Жыл бұрын

@@SOMEONE-hv3xc released if i remember right? or escaped gone regardless

@SOMEONE-hv3xc

Жыл бұрын

@@gamebeast4191 lmao

Howdy ya'll from Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 I can say with absolute certainty, that I have never heard anyone call an ant...adorable 😅 I am a nature nut myself, I love and photograph, and film wildlife when I notice something interesting, and ants are definitely interesting to watch, although I have no plans of starting my own pet ant farm, I'm fine to watch them outside, in their natural habit, Thank you for sharing your footage, Stay safe, Peace

Amazing work, sir. As many others said, I didn't plan on watching very much of this video, but your narrative and visuals were truly captivating, and I couldn't wait to hear each advancement of the adored Crimson Knights' story. 100% your efforts and skills -pour- out of your content. It's a blessing to have had the privilege of viewing it! Thanks and thanks again.

Deep within the vampire ant tank, a hidden colony emerged from the shadows. Their audacious feats and relentless spirit captivated all who beheld them. With stolen stones and epic jelly battles, their legend grew. Now, their tale reaches its crescendo, for behold, the Shadow Raiders have arrived, their name resounding throughout the Antverse.

@osmosisjones4912

Жыл бұрын

Ants using tools

@mairaineplayzgames2205

Жыл бұрын

i like that name for the black crazy ants! O_O

@eggoooo

Жыл бұрын

That's so cool

@kikikato6980

Жыл бұрын

I love that name :D

@terradust8346

Жыл бұрын

Shadow Raider nice name for them gues we all agree on expanding the ant room familie :D

This is a case of ants using tools

Something you maybe will like: fire ants are native here were I live (we call them 'formiga lava-pés', wich means "feet-wash ant, because you'd desire to do so if you step on their ant hill). When I was a kid, I sometimes break a few cracks in native ground termites hills, just to wait to observe some fire ants find it, run back to their colony and then bring an attacking horde to the termite's damaged hill. The termites also had their own warfare, and position huge groups of soldiers forming barriers around their workers who were fixing the broken walls. It was... fascinating. One time, I just threw away in my yard a bunch of larvae of a certain native beetle who happens to infect the nut of a native little coconut fruit (Butia catarinenses), and I could watch fire antes doing the exact same attack pattern to them as they were a termite colony... but, unlike termites, they couldn't fight back.

@ravick007

6 ай бұрын

Oh, and sometimes, another kinds of ants also discover the termite hill in vulnerable state, so in some time, there were three or more factions fighting: the termites with their barrier of soldiers around the workers hurring to close the crack, the fire ants horde trying to kill and take termites, and other(s) ant species also attacking the termites but also trying to kick the fire ants out.

@ravick007

6 ай бұрын

Oh, and, of course: keep the black crazy ants. Narive species has value. 😌

Probably keeping them or dropping them off somewhere in the forest but preferably dig them a nice little starting hole

When wild ants break into your home so they can live in your ant towers, you can say with absolute certainty that you've built something awesome. 😃

@sleepymonsteraddict

Жыл бұрын

product review by the ants themselves, they preferred the tower over the outside xD though it is weird that they saw the bottom of the ant tower as the most suitable home

@teronward7570

Жыл бұрын

All they know is food here.

@teronward7570

Жыл бұрын

@@sleepymonsteraddict Well soo is my dog bowl, lol

@treloaded8213

Жыл бұрын

put them in the freezer

When the Crimson Knights get a massive set up I would love for it to be Volcano themed! Like with a massive Volcano in the center of the terrarium and a possible name for it could be “The Den of Ashes” but that’s just a suggestion I’m open to people coming up with better names in the comments. Love your content AC and your dedication!

@rhodacuerdo199

Жыл бұрын

Love it

@johnholmes9210

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@kristyleightolson7352

Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@eeliejun

11 ай бұрын

Seems you knew the future

@TheOneTheOnlyShadowedWCUE

11 ай бұрын

​@@eeliejunor he just did the idea, yk.

@AntsCanada , you haven't shared a video about the termite colony in for four months, we are curious about the developments.

Im so glad im back watching your channel! Ive been watching for a long time on my old channel that got shut down 😞 and im so happy to be back i found myself smiling at how awesome your videos are! I always try to explain my compassion and empathy to people like this: i watch the ground where i walk so i dont step on any ants. Ants are awesome!! ANT LOVE FOREVER !!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@AntsCanada

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! #AntLoveForever

11:54 That one Black Crazy Ant really just walked right up to the jelly cup and just casually tried to drink with the Fire Ants as if it thought maybe they would think that it was one of them! 💀💀

@jacobhenry9028

Жыл бұрын

Spy ant.

The crazy black ants saw how well you look after all your ant colonies and they want to be a part of it. so I think you should keep them

13:47 absolutely FLABBERGASTED

I'd say another colony! Would be interesting to see if the different colonies could co exist in a single (very large) enclosure.

@helencook3065

8 ай бұрын

They can wheaver ants ...

Damn, these ants are brave, messing with vampires and demons(fire ants), I feel like they deserve to be introduced to the antverse, if you wish

For the black crazy ants, the question is: can you even keep them? It looks like they are escape artists, leaving every terrarium at will.

7:42 I’m starting to wonder if that was the human equivalent to writing a insult but that mess is in the shape of what ever a phenomenon looks like.

The video editor and script writer are the real mvps here.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Both would be me. 🥰

I don't know what's more shocking, that an invasive colony of black crazy ants managed to set up it's main nest in the water filter of your dracula ant tower without you noticing until now, or the fact that you finally captured a queen of ant species #555?!!!😮😮!😮😮😮

You should keep the ants in their very own ant tower, as that would be cool to have a black crazy ant colony😊

@underbot1835

Жыл бұрын

yes

I feel like it'd be cool to see if you could get them to mix with your actual black crazy ant colony. Gradual exposure and integration

8:00 the ants knew or thought that you spreading sand meant that the enemy ant colony was too large and stop invading. That is extremely smart and interesting. This was a quite fascinating video!

Of course we should keep them!!! Those crazy little thieves have stolen my heart ❤ 😍

@nikonikola7446

Жыл бұрын

Now thats ant lover but u know something is kinda Sus if you know what im taliking about if you watch this channel for a while u will know

Keep the ants and awesome news on the queen ant capture. Honestly your ant room does look a bit spacious 2 more colonies can't hurt that much.

@thijsdesjardijn1308

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@osmosisjones4912

Жыл бұрын

The plot of a bug's life is animals fighting over resources

@caliants5160

Жыл бұрын

Yes

I remember watching your videos yeaaars ago and so great to see how far you and your ants have gone ❤️❤️

@mrchoyg9297

11 ай бұрын

Omg sameeeeeee

@scaliedog2777

8 ай бұрын

Same! and all this time, I thought I was subbed but apparently not, I just kept coming back every few months like "I wonder how this dude's doing" lol Which I suppose helped the alg. a tiny bit but ofc now I have hit the button properly XD

I like how the ants call him the "Creator Of Worlds" like hes some dnd deity

Imagine someone made a show where there was one MASSIVE terrarium where multiple ant colony’s existed along with other insects and the queen of each colony along with the other prominent creatures had voice acting and it was just one tv series that would last for several seasons That would be badass

Yey, a fuzzy queen of hearts. So glad to have 555 as an addition to the family! Also, I never get tired of watching ants eating jelly cups. It is so cute and they remind me so much of calves, lambs and kids (baby goats so no one is confused) when they suckle from their mum and even more so when you bottle feed them. The excitement is just so similar to me and I love it.

I've been binge watching these videos for hours. Thanks for the great content!

Black Crazy Ants trying to get jelly Fire Ants: You Shall Not Pass

They are just doing ant things, so let them keep striving to do just that and give them a better home in the antiverse! They seem to desire digging medium, so maybe start them in a tower of their own and later move them to their own little world? Also, woohoo!!! Species #555 will (hopefully) be a wonderful addition to this lovely ant world! And so cute!~

" THE JELLY CUP WAR " 😂

"the black crazy ants that werent paying rent" at 10:40 got me laughing 😂😂😂

i love that they just flick each other away

Am from Singapore, and that 555 seems familiar. They look native here too. They are slow moving, adorable and they do not bite us. So cute!

You should get a Timelapse camera and set it up for events like this. Would have been fascinating to watch them build the barrier.

@ghxst3d82

Жыл бұрын

yes but the ants are quite small so a time lapse video would have been useless except for when they build

@jonployd5566

11 ай бұрын

@@ghxst3d82focus it on a point of interest like the jelly

@ShawnAnston

11 ай бұрын

@@ghxst3d82 a pen is also useless until it writes

@chadikhr7258

10 ай бұрын

@@ghxst3d82 a door is also useless untill it opens.

@phineas3704

10 ай бұрын

@@ghxst3d82 A toilet is also useless until you use it

I don’t know if anyone remembers the show deadliest warrior, where they would pick out random warriors from time and have them fight in theory to see who would win. This is like that and I love it.

At the 15:16 Mark the song that plays is Freddy Fazbears music box playing because the song is corriding March or something IDK is the same song:)

@EnderSteve8479

11 ай бұрын

BTW th song is remixed

We should keep them! They like the ant farm why not let them have one of their own. OMG I DIDNT FINISH WATCHING!!! QUEEN 555 WELCOME!!!! LET GET HER GOING STRONG AC FAM

15:17 I was not expecting that song to play

Roach: "hi mom, I'm a celebrity now, pls watch me dead." 😅

The crazies definitely deserve a true Ants Canada Home, especially after captivating all of our attention! They are so cool!!!

The fire ants are really smart to build a wall over the jelly, also I think you should keep the black crazy ants seeing that you have contained them already.

Whats really cool is how the black crazies took advantage of the ant tower opening and were scavaging nesting material from fire alley. Would say they are creative as well.

Why did this part make me laugh? 10:40 "who weren't paying rent" 😂😂

There is the slippery stuff you put on the upper inside rim of terrariums to keep ants from escaping. Use the same stuff on the outside to make it difficult for crazy ants to get into the terrariums

LETS GROW THE COLONY WE CAUGHT,THATS AWESOME

Keep them and give them their own tower and put them next to the Dracula ants as neighbors.

The whole time I was watching this I felt so many ants crawling all over me

I never would have thought I would be sitting through a 20 minute video about... ants. Honestly it kinda reminds me of old school animal planet Meerkat Manor. Also keep the crazies! Thanks for the great upload!

@rhodacuerdo199

Жыл бұрын

We should name them the eclipsing empire

@brennatripp6564

4 ай бұрын

Omg I remember meerkat manor!!! I loved watching it... I can totally see this being similar

Awesome the degree of communication to complete difficult team projects amongst the ants and with those tiny antennas.

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Right?! And it's all through pheromones! I wonder what their "cover it with debris!" pheromone smells like!

@Chrisy7

Жыл бұрын

@@AntsCanada like comradery definitely 😁😁🐜🐜

Hey! How are we?, Keep ‘em, if the whole colony is formed by this crazy brave ants, they deserve their own. So please give ‘em a chance! Congrats for this wonderful channel, just amazing! Best from Mexico. ❤

anyone else want to just watch some ants eat a jelly cup, untimelapsed for hours until its empty?

My friend, I've watched you for years. Gave me something to look forward to coming home for a long time. Changed my view on ants as a whole and brought an entire world beneath our feet to my eyes. Amazing content, keep up the good work. You deserve your own documentary show, yk how to keep it interesting.

OMG! I'm so freaking excited about you finding a 555 queen! I remember it vividly when you first shared videos of them, they are adorable!

"The army is on the march! Send them back!"

I'd join the people that say Keep em. They just wanted a place to life, and who knows they might Watch the Ch and thought the Ant Room sounds like a perfect place to life. Then the Queeny arrived and sadly no Luxury Living Spots where open so she took "The Shack" in the back alley while hoping to be discoverd by an Ant Loving Person :3 Killing them would be Cruel and unfair towards em, becuz We have to remember How many Queens only make it to the actual Founding Stage :/ Yes they Harrased the Crimson Knights but does it Justify us killing them for wanting to Life/Survive? :) Keep up the amazing Work and Good Luck to the AC fam that are hunting fer Queenies :3

Recently, I found a yellow crazy ant queen and was forced to release it by my parents, I tried to convince them that it was a species that was not native. But it didn't work. So now there is a yellow crazy ant queen somewhere in our neighborhood. Love ur vids!

@gamebeast4191

Жыл бұрын

uh oh

@Miggyddc24

Жыл бұрын

congrats to your parents, plus 1 invasive colony

@FloridaAnting

3 ай бұрын

Same, my parents don’t allow me have more colonies because they think it costs too much

I've commented this a couple of times but I'm truly grateful I found this channel. I never knew that ants can cover their food to hide it like that! Amazing content showcasing amazing nature. Thank you! Eeek! I'm so excited for the new Queen! I hope she gets to have many healthy babies. I've never seen that ant ever, not even in documentaries. They look like the perfect ants stuffed toys.

Don't hurt them either keep them or release them into the wild, thanks and keep up the good work

Crazy black ants cover themselves in a acid , makes em almost immune to fire ant stings, I would love to see you do one on argentine ants vs white footed.

i like the personality of the crazy ants i hope you keep them and give them lots of running space

There's an old saying that the pets that choose their keepers make the best pets. . . .

Why on earth have I become so invested in this channel????? You take me back to my childhood of putting ants in a jar with other insects to watch them fight. Keep it going. I hope the Black crazy ants have their own tower

Always check the hydration tub. There was enough jelly in that cup to feed a million ants for a year.

They came to you for a reason, they knew you would help them grow to be the colony their queen dreamed of since her pupae stage.

I’d love a series on species 555, i think “the queen of hearts” would be an awesome name for the queen!!

The black crazy’s deserve their own home as much as the crimson knights do, make them their own black crazy chamber or something. Join the AC fam!!!

I got stung by fire ants down here in Louisiana. They hurt like a needle at first then the sting burns immediately forming a red mark. This mark turns into a blister in about 6 hours and itches like crazy

if they can be contained, you can use the invasive ants as a teaching medium, to teach how they look and how they behave. :)

since the black crazies seem to love fire alley so much, once the crimson knights move out you should give it to them!

@danielleewing6286

Жыл бұрын

I agree

13:47 my jaw dropped on the floor, god damn these ants are smart

the Dracula Ants be like "oh my god the downstairs Neighbors are crazy"

This past week on your vlog was great! We got bonus Antscanada footage when you toured your ant room for your visitors from Korea! And then on top of that yesterday we got the Behind the scenes footage of you putting together these videos. Absolutely epic. You've been mighty generous lately mikey and i love ya for it.

They were crazy enough to make it in one your video stories! Petition to keep ‘em!

Amazing discovery! There is no way you can take such a hardy bunch of little settlers and just freeze them. They've come this far, give them a tower to grow, then maybe introduce a battle of some sort?? hahaha..

I always cheer for the black crazy ants. They are always the underdogs.

14:51 I love that the antenna of the fire ant just kind of lashes out for a second, like, "Hey, HEY!! Watch it!!" and give the black crazy ants a proper tower. The ingenious little buggers certainly earned it.

We know this channel. We know this community. There is practically no one here who would not say to keep the Crazies. And now you also get to be the proud owner of a colony of the species you discovered in your area. That's pretty cool.

"Oh, look! The Gods left us a giant jar of God food!" "Quick! Hide it before our enemies find out!" "The enemy has found the God Food! Defend the God Food!!!"

Congrats on 555!! That's so cool!

My earliest memory of interacting with ants was being the target of a fire ant swarm. I was about 3 years old, it was scary!

@AntsCanada

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏 Oh, how traumatic! Hope to redeem them for you. Ant love forever!

@Don_Giovanni

11 ай бұрын

Oof! This reminds me of my first memory of nettles. I fell into a whole bunch of them. Very pleasant, can recommend. 🙃

Personally, I'd love to see another rainforest paludarium again that you once made for the Fire Nation, but much larger, longer, and epic, complete with aquatic pets!

Take the Black Crazy Ants, Take the Crimson Knights. Build 2 nests. 1 central chamber. Every week 1 food source is introduced.

I didn't know that it's possible to laugh out loud at an "ant" video or any insect videos for that matter. Thanks man, this is very entertaining! 😂