I CAUGHT SOME NEW QUEEN ANTS (1 of them is SUPER RARE)

It's nuptial flight season and I caught some queen ants that I can't wait to show you! One of them is ultra rare! Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.

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[AntsCanada]

Greetings Ant Lovers/AC Family! Thanks for watching, guys! What we should name these awesome new queen ants? Also, what should we name them? I'm open to your suggestions/advice! Also, please remember to hit the LIKE button, SHARE the video, and SUBSCRIBE (hit the BELL and Select ALL for Notifications Squad) to join our ever-growing AC Family! It would truly mean a lot to me. Thanks, guys! Ant love forever! XOXO

[bonesciencegaming]

Hey ac, I’m an expert on spiny ants! I have both golden and silver, they are semi claustral and I’d feed her both a combination of jelly and protein, but they don’t eat in their test tube as they are very clean, so you need to give her a small outworld to eat from! Good luck ac

[ethanliu]

I really want to see the Calyptomyrmex queen raise a colony, so we can learn more about them.

[hopesmith]

My students came up with the following name suggestions. For the tiny ant queen, they suggested Fuzzy, Itsy Bitsy Ant, Quin, and the name Hope. For the Spiky Queen, they suggested Rosa (from Brooklyn 99), Shiny, Spikes and Sova. We loved your video!

[mortlet]

Usually the more active the queen is (especially if she ventures out of her founding test tube, to explore the smells of sugar/honey/jelly, if you make an opening into something like the AC Test Tube Portal or even just a second test-tube), the better she and her nanitics will do with regular small feedings. The only potential issue would be if she eats a *lot* of carbs, but doesn't accept any of the protein you offer, although even this situation still has a *much* heigher chance of her successfully establishing a healthy, growing colony.

Another thing to keep in mind is that at higher temperatures (especially in humid heat, like South-Eastern Asia commonly has) the queen's metabolic rate is much higher as well, which means her energy reserves won't be able to last nearly as long.
Finally, since volumetric capacity scales proportional to length cubed (R³), I would always feed small queens (even if they supposedly don't need it, since the fact that enough can survive the colony founding process to keep the species going, doesn't necessarily mean that they won't have an increased success rate if clean food and water is freely available; Assuming that you, obviously, also clean up after her and don't just leave the food that she didn't eat, together with her feces, in her setup for more than 2-3 days...) at least some sweet jelly or honey every couple of days, starting on the day that I caught her.

[jojolynx]

HONEY🍯would be a cute name for the first ant, her back looks like globs of Honey and they remind me of the colour of honey!!
I also definitely think you should keep her by the way! You said there isn't much footage on them and you could be the one to document that! It would be so cool to see!

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

For the Calyptomyrmex: Since they're also native to Africa, I think we should name her after Queen Amina of Zazzau (now Zaria) in Nigeria. She was known as a warrior queen, she was the first to become queen in a male-dominated society, leading an army of 20K men expanding the borders of the Hausa. This queen ant will be leading female workers, but the name is too neat to pass up.

For the spiny silver ant: I chose Silvia. A nod to the fact that she's silver, but also her name in Latin means forest. For the "forest" that she will rule over in the terrarium

[KX-NN]

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[Black_Gru]

HA! I live in Norway and I love when you say «this is a very small ant» OUR QUEEN ANTS IS NOT EVEN HALF AS BIG AS YOURS!!🤣

[Cyberdragunz]

I found a new ant colony in my backyard while doing some gardening yesterday. Just the common little brown ants found all over southern Ontario, but in a part of my garden that's never had ants actively living there. I love seeing ants doing their thing in the wild.

[Venom_Mom]

The Calyptomyrmex queen is seriously adorable! Probably the cutest ant I've ever seen!

[mchurpyderp]

Oh I'm so happy you got yourself a farm! You absolutely deserve a peaceful home to thrive in and help educate everyone about ants and the life cycle!

[Rqptor_omega]

You should definitely keep the first queen, since it's a rarely documented species and keeping her will definitely provide great research for scientists. As for her name, maybe name her Bumpy due to the bumps on her exoskeleton plus it's a cute name for a cute ant as well

[sueparras]

Definitely the first queen is so beautiful. You should keep her for sure. Also love the silver queen. It would be awesome to have both gold and silver. Can't wait to see what kind of Queens you discover next, this time of year is so exciting. Ant love forever! 🐜🐜❤✌🇨🇦

[cagefunk]

Never even thought about ants for more than a few moments before, why can't I stop watching these videos? Neato!

[Kelickos]

For the Calyptomyrmex (my absolute fav - you should keep her!): since she is tiny and likes to cover in the dirt that she dig... you can name her "Dís" - from Tolkien character.
For the Silver Spiny ant queen: you can name her "Mercuria" after the latin for quicksilver.
For the Colobopsis: maybe "Amber" or "Ambrosia"

[artisticVulpes]

Wow, she's so tiny. She reminds me of the Bobbleheads. I miss seeing the Bobbleheads.

[sefy]

Regarding the Calyptomyrmex queen, I actually had a classmate who had one they kept in a jar with holes in it. (Yah know, cause we were little kids and stupid) they would put bugs they found inside the jar and they'd eat them up. They were definitely not happy with their home, but they were alive.
Someone such as you would definitely be able to make them stay alive AND happy.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ah yes, like Pokémon...it's all fun and games until you hear a certain Champion's piano music. And if you're not prepared to counter her Garchomp...it's game over. Just talking about gives me flashbacks

[protomedia]

Oh wow! They are so cute! Hopefully they all grow and have nice and helpful workers!