Hey folks! It's come to my attention that a few of the ants pictured in the video between 2:23 - 2:49 were misidentified - not all of them are carpenter ants - and the wasps labelled as Vespula maculifrons are actually paper wasps (subfamily Polistinae). We unfortunately didn't catch those mistakes in time. This reminded us that we need to be extra vigilant and triple-check with field experts when it comes to relying on identifications given by the photographers for the images we use. -Emily

@alaskan_adventurer6414

7 жыл бұрын

thebrainscoop ok =^_^=

@darkxerneasopenings9135

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was going to point this out :D

@clintwalls9429

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Emily !! I have a red wasps in my house that hunt down big spiders . Look like a red paper wasp,only smaller. I love them!!

@jesusjoseph1899

2 жыл бұрын

Some mistake i spotted 0:41 termites aren't part of the hymenoptera order. 1:01 those are weaver ants and not fire ants.

Love it ! This format is very good. Please note, however, the tubes that mud daubers are attracted to in aircraft are the pitot tubes, pronounced pee-toe. They measure an airplanes airspeed by comparing the ram-air pressure to the ambient pressure. Mud daubers love them. All pilots are taught to fly in an emergency if there is no airspeed indication as a result. Pitot tube covers are used to keep the wasps out.

@thebrainscoop

7 жыл бұрын

!! I totally misread 'pitot' as 'pilot'- thank you for this information.

@CrazyHatDave3000

7 жыл бұрын

Hank Harrison Thanks for the science.

I am living in Japan right now, and was invited to a party in a traditional style restaurant. One of the decorative pieces in the room was a HUMONGOUS beehive. I'm so sorry to y'all that I didn't take a photo! As I was staring at it, someone nearby commented on how beautiful it was. It makes me happy that the Japanese find these sort of things beautiful. :)

@lzeph

5 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome. Appreciation for natural beauty is not limited to the Japanese, by the way. =-)

My god. What an astounding video. It's very rare to find such great quality work like this on youtube recently. Not to mention the information is quite precise, and the speed of how it's "poured" to us is in great pace with the images shown. This channel deserves 10 times more subscribers.

@rainydaylady6596

7 жыл бұрын

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@crains8087

7 жыл бұрын

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@sherylhosler9487

7 жыл бұрын

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@crains8087

7 жыл бұрын

DFTBA y'all!

@vikio452

7 жыл бұрын

yup. +

oh god, ,i remember having a few weaver ants nest fall and break on top of my head while cutting a path in the jungle is not fun at all. Another interesting behavior i noticed happened when my mom told me to cut a branch of mango tree blocking our driveway. I saw a weaver ant nest there and vocally object (Because of the previous experience i had with them obviously) but of course my mom wont listen. Reluctantly sawing the branch while trying not to get any ants on my body i manage to cut it down. Then i dropped down from the ladder and saw the weaver ant nest broke open on the driveway and a bunch of them swarm out. i took a few steps back and to my surprise, they are moving towards me in a swarm. Thinking it might be just a fluke, i sidesteps a few feet away and saw all of them changing direction and still continue heading towards me. I bolt after seeing that, endured my mom nagging me to clear the branch i just cut for a while before actually clearing it is better than facing the wrath of those ants. Anyway nice video emily, sure brings back a few memory i havent told anyone before XD

@Cuix

7 жыл бұрын

Your comment gave me a physical reaction.

@Rainkit

5 жыл бұрын

Its surprising how observant ants really are. I'm betting a guard saw you and somehow signaled to the rest of the group that you were a threat.

I don't have a lot of fears, but I've definitely always been uncomfortable with insects (especially ants!). Videos like these help me to see them in a different light and maybe gain a little bit of respect for them. Although images of insects make me cringe, I appreciate these videos helping me to know know more about the creatures I despise :)

@Hyptosis

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree! We have a lot of ants here in Springfield too!

A very interesting and underappreciated bunch of insects for sure!

FINALLY A NEW VIDEO I've been waiting for so long

@bobbymccabe2825

7 жыл бұрын

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so fencing has created a cut-throat acacia real estate market for ants?

Wonderful to see an upload from this channel. I absolutely love & enjoy the channel and your sense of humor! "Sugar Poop" 😆 Always great fun watching. Thank you for such a great video.

Very interesting. We used to have a problem with mud daubers at my house. One summer they just disappeared and paper wasps took over. I'd rather have the mud daubers. They aren't nearly as aggressive or painful as these paper wasps. I wonder if the paper wasps drove away the mud daubers. With the fire ants on the ground and paper wasps on the roof, it's a scary world out there.

No matter what I ALWAYS learn SO MUCH from this channel. I'm slightly tipsy on cheep wine & .... wow. Ants. and bees. Also I most likely have paper wasps. ALMOST.... ALMOST want to give them colored paper.... almost.😥

@riz1812

7 жыл бұрын

SanokoMiakE kill them!!!!!

I think it was in Built by Animals by Mike Hansell in which he discussed the trade-offs between wasps building very low population nests which were resistent to parasitism and wasps who built high population paper nests which relied on the population to fight off parasites. However, the REAL gem of this book was difflugia coronata, a house-like capsule building amoeba. I recommend this book to all, and it's topics to Brain Scoop!

The wasps labelled as Vespula maculifrons are actually paper wasps (subfamily Polistinae) not yellow jackets (subfamily Vespinae). You can tell because they have two parallel yellow stripes on the thorax where it meets the abdomen. Yellow jackets also enclose their nests so the cells aren't visible from the outside except when they're first started (and they get much larger and more abundant).

@jayholmes46

7 жыл бұрын

Yup. And I think the ones depicted here are a European species.

@adamjameskranz

7 жыл бұрын

I was going to guess P dominula, yeah, but it's hard to be sure; not an expert.

@jayholmes46

7 жыл бұрын

That is what I would have guessed too.

I missed these. My day is slightly better now.

I would love to say THANK YOU. it is very nice to find smart like minded people who take the time to create videos like this.

It still has brains on it!!! I'm so happy you've still kept it at the end of the videos!😆

Those termite queens seem to be the inspiration for the queen in Alien Resurrection. They are both are certainly very unsettling

I would be so very happy if you did an individual video on each of the insects talked about where you went more in depth about their habits and behaviors.

"Eventually they will end up killing her" Well, that scalated quickly

This has been my favorite video yet

Hey Emily, good to see you back :-) BTW, it's PITOT tubes on airplanes, not PILOT tibes.

@wendys2654

7 жыл бұрын

and pronounced "PEE-toe" in case anyone is wondering.

Yaaaaay new video! And it was amazing as always.

The potter wasp nest are all around my house. Few months ago,a new house was in construction just beside my house. They also making their nest inside my shoes, on my window curtains and pretty much everywhere around my house.

Acasia trees and ants are my favorite symbiotic relation. Nature is amazing. Great video!!

Great production quality brainscoop team! Best in the biz.

I do microscopy for a living,...so just seeing the green shine of your glasses and how clean they are somehow made me feel comfortable. Yay optics! (PS: I judge people based on how clean they keep their glasses)

Absolutely love this video and it's format, Keep up the good work!

I love your 'screaming internally'-faces, like at the end of the video :D bugs can be pretty creepy and gruesome D:

Such great info! Can't wait to share this with my students!

Yay, you are finally back! I've missed your videos so much.

Nature, where a single insect can take down an entire airplane...both fascinating and absolutely terrifying

@tiny_M

7 жыл бұрын

Part of me wants to see if there are similar incidents with other species but part of me is afraid to Google it

This was absolutely fascinating, thanks for putting this together! This kind of quick fire, comparative look, at one aspect of an animal group is a really good format, I'd love to see more like this :-)

Love this! This is the type of content that first made me love the Brain Scoop

what a good episode. little creepy crawlies overthrowing their queen is macabre

Very informative! Loved this video, Emily!😊

how much knowledge in such a small video. great work!

Excellent video! Bravo

WOOP WOOP, I live for this channel!!! (and my family and school work) But mainly this channel..!

This was such an interesting video, if more videos similar to this comes out I will definitely be watching them.

WOO! Fantastic video. Beautiful editing and Emily being the perpetually excellent host she is. Yay, Brainscoop!

FINALLY OH MY GOD I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay new brainscoop! My day is made!

Wow, what a conclusion!

Amazing video, thank you

I'll point out that the plant does not react to the gull wasps egg, but rather they mutate the plants ADN to make that

Love the necklace. You find the coolest jewellery.

Yaaa...Brain Scoop...good to see you Emily ☺

What a neat episode

Really enjoyed this video, I like the new style.

Good to have you back, Emily. It's been awhile.

Great episode 👏👏👏👏

So wonderful to have another Entomological video. Keep it up! :D

@jarodbeukelman6893

7 жыл бұрын

Also congrats on your March for Science speech!

So stoked for the new video!!! Emily if you're reading the comments when will we be getting more videos ? Are they going to be more frequent?? Thank you so much Emily for making science fun! 😁😁❤❤❤

I took an Animal Behavior class at Florida State University with Dr. Tschinkel before he retired a few years ago! Got an A and everything.

I'm not even into insects, but found this fascinating! great video :D

I missed the usual intro, but nevertheless THIS IS GREAT! There's so much to learn about every single one of those species. :)

Great content!

Wow Girl ! You really know how to party !!!!! Nice work Emily.

Yay, you're back!

Yay new video!

you are back!!!

Even though looking at them grosses me out, it's still very interesting to learn about these insects and how they live! Insects are amazing, they're so tiny, but they can do so much! Power of organization haha!

Love the new episode! It really makes you wonder about the actual intelligence of insects, that they have social situations like this. Maybe there's something we aren't seeing?

We had those paper wasps set up shop under our deck, and after we shooed them off, I managed to nab the tiny beginnings of the hive they were making. Still have it somewhere in an ol' gum container with a tiny crab that found it's way into one of our cooked oysters.

Brilliant; had no idea about all the different types of insect social structures. Thanks

My favorite part is when you do the awkward stare after you said an awkward line. XD In this episode, it's the last sentence when you said the termite queen got licked to death *stare*

I got so excited when I saw this!! Awesome video! So much cool stuff to learn about wasps! One thing though... the wasps you labeled as Eastern Yellow Jackets in the video were not Eastern Yellow Jackets :( the wasps in the clip had bright yellow antenna while yellow jackets have black antenna.

Yay! Emily is back! keep us updated here as well, I'm only getting your stuff here in the tubes, not really all that keen about newsletter subs, already gotten rid of most that I had, don't want any new ones. (I know the reasoning(s) behind why you want people to sub, but alas many of us are de-cluttering by reducing email/notifications/interruptions.)

Wooop Whoop!! new episode!

Hi! Actually, if the queen in a honeybee nest dies or is killed, the workers will start to lay eggs in an attempt to create a new queen. I would suggest the beekeeping videos over on Cody's Lab for more information. And a bunch if interesting videos.

those ant colony castings are one of my favorite things in the world.

A new video! AND it's about insects!? Too good to be true

Carpenter ants may be my new favorite insect. Love the vid!

Yay! A new Brainscoop episode! :) What's up with the schedule? Will they be more frequent now? or Big things coming? what about the podcast? well, that's too many questions, I should stop. SIGH! Don't blame me, I'm excited for a new video.

@thebrainscoop

7 жыл бұрын

We spent a few months working on a video that took much longer than we anticipated/intended :p so it'll go up in two parts in a few weeks. Then we're heading to the World Taxidermy Championship, and THEN going.... somewhere... I can't announce yet! Also if you want more updates, check out our new newsletter and sign up: bit.ly/2pYZA21

@23Scadu

7 жыл бұрын

thebrainscoop Awesome, looking forward to it! :D

@thomasr.jackson2940

7 жыл бұрын

thebrainscoop The World Taxidermy Championship? Awesome! Please say you're making (a) video(s)!

Fascinating subject, and awesome presentation. I had mentioned vulture bees to you on Twitter a while back, and I was kinda hoping they'd get a spot here, but that's just me.

That was weird and gross and fascinating, and I love the Brain Scoop.

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that was the coolest thing on bugs I've seen since I was a kid!

Awesome video! Some of this I had already picked up, but the bit about gall wasp galls being used in industry? News to me!

Amazing video, Emily - as always! Just one thing - and I apologize if someone has already commented on that. The ant shown at 0:58 is not a fire ant (subfamily Myrmicinae, genus Solenopsis) but what looks like a weaver ant instead (subfamily Formicinae, genus Oecophylla, probably O. longinoda), beautifully displayed by you from 3:44-4:11. :)

th for this awesomely ha bisky vid i love learning about how kool these bugs are even though i run away from them

YES! new brain scoop!!!

Hooray!

Welcome back!

Absolutely Love your Videos Emily !! Love From Pakistan

If the brain scoop ever did a podcast I would listen to the shit out of it

Could weaver ants possibly be able to be thought of as tool users in the way they manipulate larvae? Their use of the silk larvae to construct their homes was an amazing fact.

OMG OMG OMG You are back! Love it! I saw this kind of cribs in zoology classes, they are so beautifful, so freaking incredible... :3 PD: What about a tematic onycophora video? PPD: Perdon por mis faltas de ortografia x)

This was intense Emily!

Great stuff! Just like TheBrainScoop of old (and no Natural News persiflage either)!

More videos! More Dissections!!

welcome back!

good to see a new video. will they be a regular thing again?

@thebrainscoop

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. :) well, as regularly as we've ever been- but closer to the every-other-week schedule. For updates and reminders, check out and sign up for our Newsletter! bit.ly/2pYZA21

leaked to death sounds like the slowest kill by the least deadly weapon.

Hey! I just found out I have to move to Chicago and am really excited to visit the field museum. What do I need to do to get the most from my experience? Thanks!

@thebrainscoop

7 жыл бұрын

Check out our website ahead of time to see what looks interesting! fieldmuseum.org -- my favorite exhibit is 'Evolving Planet' - but there are gems all around the building. If you can swing it, our new exhibit about Field Museum 'Specimens' is like, a Brain Scoop in real life.

YAAAAAAAS FINALLY

Astounding video! I find it amazing the abdomen (that's the middle section right?) of some of the wasps are so incredibly thin and it seems it's only purpose is to connect to the thorax. It makes me wonder what's the point? Why not just connect to the thorax directly?

Trying to watch this with trypophobia is weird, I love the brain scoop, but god my skin is crawling!

That was a great video. I wish I could learn more about every single one of these. Does the museum have a collection of preserved insect nests?

@thebrainscoop

7 жыл бұрын

We do! Many of them are on the desk I'm sitting at and we used images of them in some of the chapter/title screens throughout the video.

@Selestrielle

7 жыл бұрын

Neat! :D

I grew up in an area with weaver ants. They're fascinating to watch, but those girls are ferocious as heck. 2/10 would not recommend touching. Also, people who proclaim "everything in nature is beautiful" clearly haven't heard much about insects.

@ndemers

7 жыл бұрын

Well, I think everything is beautiful... if you look at it right... and some of it should be admired from a distance

@franzanth

7 жыл бұрын

Don't get me wrong, I still go "OOOOH" and "THIS IS AMAZING" at nearly everything but some of them seem too brutal for the word "beautiful"

@Kevin-hx2ky

7 жыл бұрын

I feel you man, i absolutely loathe weaver ants, if you're within 2 meters of one ant, you'll get bitten.

@binky2819

7 жыл бұрын

Most things in nature are beautiful, but people who proclaim "everything in nature is beautiful" forget or even don't know about how dangerous and aggressive it can be.

@river_brook

7 жыл бұрын

Eldritch horrors can be beautiful too with the proper approach!