Ant Trapped in Pen Circle - Can it Escape ?

Can the ant escape being trapped in the pen circle ?
Will drawing a circle with a sharpie pen around a ant trap it and stop it from leaving the doodle circle like some kind of false barrier or even like a form of insect bug trap ? Is it really a case of sometimes limits only exist in the mind ?
Will we be able to trap this ant and control this funny little bug in the sharpie doodle circle.
lets try this insect experiment and find out!

[mrix]

Will Drawing a Circle around an Ant Create a Barrier which it thinks it cannot cross ?

[consvmingimpvlse]

The ant stays in cup
"Now... let's try not to harm the ant.."
*bashes cup on paper*

[angrypotato-kwfn]

"Lets try not to harm the ants."
*bashes cup on paper
*shakes paper around while and is on the edge
*flicks ant onto paper
*squishes ant

[Goonz]

imagine your mom walking in on you doing this

[Misterlegoboy]

i think ants go into a sort of panic mode when disturbed like that

[kelpjuices]

Maybe it’s the ant that is the problem

[Josehbass]

Did it once with a spider and it worked

[gabrielle]

2:04 lets try not to harm the ant *smashes the glass against the table* COME ON GET OUT

[ardabilgin]

Normal ant: WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS!? GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!
This int: HA! I'm too smart for THAT!

[Ehsidorah]

The reason why he is running so fast is because he is scared,

[ramm]

the ant is me, the marker is the ad that I always skip trough

[agoogleuser]

You don't understand, the bug has been fixed... (I know I am very late...)

[lordchiquita]

As you can see, the ant at the 2:16 mark did not go over the ink until the ink dried.

[thatgirlfiggy]

Maybe it depends on the individual ant and it's own barriers, like how it depends on each person's... Great video nonetheless, now I don't have to test. :)

[ethmo]

Personally i do not think it has anything to do with the smell as recently a friend tried this with some chalk. The ant did get out but for a bit (about 40 sec) it was stuck and was trying to find a way out. i think it is to do with a sudden change of environment or a sense of danger. perhaps that ant had been in an environment like that -although very unlikely. You see in the video that the ant, at the start, took a bit longer to figure out what was happening but once it had figured out it wasn't much of a problem anymore (proving that ants have some form of memory). I suggest doing it with a number of ants to get a certain result and not just one.
I just wanted to say that i hardly know anything about insects and this comment was purely based on what i know (or think i know) this is a suggestion and i would be happy if someone could correct any part of this comment. :)

[pekoluluandimamerican]

I love how it said "no ants were harmed in the making of this video". As if it matters, as if ant abuse is a thing. It's not a dog.

[TribalSaints]

The reason why the ant avoids the line (when it works) is due to chemicals released by the ink. It's not as if the ant sees the line as a barrier, rather, they operate by scent and are avoiding toxins.

[meherbhatnagar]

Let's not try to harm the ant
*Slams glass on table repeatedly*

[someoneovertherainbow]

I don't know why but I was only staring at the coaster stains on the wood table

[MaddieFishblob]

I don't think colors matter, it just depends on how much ink comes out of your pen. If the ink is wet, the bug doesn't want to step/get stuck in it, but once it dries, then the bug dares to step over it. I don't think ur pens are inky enough (by that I mean if you run your finger over the pen line, the ink should smear across the paper, that's how u know it's wet)