Wood Ants | The Empires of the Undergrowth

In this ant documentary, we are far from home...up in North America! Taking a brief look into the lives of the highly sophisticated, Wood Ants (Formica spp.). Also known as Mound Ants, Thatching Ants, and Field Ants. Featuring original footage filmed within...
- Alberta & British Columbia, Canada
- Montana, United States
- Victoria, Australia

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VIDEO CREDITS
Written, narrated, filmed and edited by Jordan Dean.

MUSIC CREDITS
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

[JordanDeanFilms]

Hey guys, hope this video was worth the wait! I’m now making videos full time so expect more regular content from now on :D

[nordicants]

OMG! I love this!! These guys are like VERY native to my area, they are everywhere. Still your content and documentation about them surprises me. You are amazing dude.

[tums]

I loved this video! While I love Ants Canada and a bunch of other ant channels, when you do your documentary videos like these, I think they're the best ant videos on Youtube.

[teampingu]

This is such high quality! Usually studios take months and a whole team to make videos like this. Looking forward to the next one!

[danic]

I live in Canada and formica are usually considered as pests, but for us, and enthusiasts, its a study paradise! A lot of those ants were formica ulkei, found in Alberta Canada! Great video once again Jordan!

[CiderDivider]

I love the detailed close up shots!! It’s mesmerizing to watch. My grandparents had a mound in their evergreen windbreak and I would watch them for ages during the summer. The sheer numbers were fascinating and it was a great way to observe the local species.

[stanleylittlejohn]

THIS VIDEO was great in quality please keep up the good work I can’t believe how good the image is you could go on tv and be fine it’s so good to see how your confidence has grown!

[antlad]

Extremely well shot, high quality clips, without a doubt intriguing to all, and very informative. Once again you have exceeded my expectations Jordan, I am obsessed with these documentaries you create, I do hope you continue these documentaries, life can be hard and when someone you enjoy watching who posts after a while, it just.. Really feels good sometimes, and sorta rises your contentment at times. A moment to relax and enjoy watching what you consider content. Well done!

[FC-studios-yeh]

This is not the empires of the undergrowth i wanted but its good

[ant.invasion]

Great video as always Jordan, can't wait for the local Meat Ant video!

[АнубисЕгипетский-ош]

4:28 I just love reaction of this ant! It's like "What, mate?? Oi, got a problem?!!"

[earlofdoncaster]

These videos are better than 90% of nature shows on TV.

[joshualiang]

i remember when you had 200 subcribers and you said you couldnt wait to keep camponotus consibrinis. look at your channel now, amazing watching it grow just like a colony. getting my first myrmecia next week KEEN

[CHRONICjon]

This channel deserves way more subscribers

[isummer]

The quality of your videos and work is incredible. No one on YouTube like you. keep it up!

[capnseli]

These are my first ants I've found queens for, and so my first colony attempt! Thanks for the video, it was very helpful!

[chrisegnoto]

This is a great presentation. Loved it and it helped me better nderstand a few aspects of Wood Ants. Thank you!

[joshkiller]

Incredible job filming. My favorite ant channel by FAR.

[uli]

As always a pleasure to watch!!!
In my opinion by far the best ant-dokumentarys on youtube! Great job Jordan!
I really enjoyed to watch a Video about northern Ants since I'm from Switzerland.
I hope we don't need to wait for too long to get some more of yout great work! ;-)

[brendanowen]

Great video again as usual Jordan. I am currently in North America (Connecticut). I went for a hike today and saw many different ants. It is interesting suddenly seeing a different set of ants than I am used to seeing in Australia.