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The Intruder Alarm Response of the Mymica rubras:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJDsUbshi4
i have been watching your videos on youtube and have actually subscribed to your account. i think you have a good nest but you should also record videos on raising a wild caught queen (or queens) from mating flights. there is a much bigger sence of achievment. you probobly have already done it but you should put some videos on youtube. keep up the good work
Hey, thanks AndyB!
Yes, I have several youtube videos on my channel of raising recently mated queens and they all have young now. I am currently raising several Formica queens (in singles and in pairs) and a Tetramorium queen. I even have a video of how I make their nests of pumice stone and the process of moving them into the new pumice nest. I will definitely take more videos of the queens as they produce more young. Right now they all have pupae/larvae. I have so many ants to keep track of now for my youtube channel. lol
ah yes, sorry mate, i completely forgot about those videos and i found them very interesting to watch. you should keep the videos coming because they are top stuff. congratulations on your success with the rubras, very nice colony.
i have a colony of lasius on my table in my room who clean up after me when i eat because they can get out somehow lol (about 120 ants and 1 queen)
And a colony of rubras with 3 queens and hoping to get some harder ones for experience. (about 70 ants and 3 queens).
Today the Myrmica rubra colony enjoyed a special treat - a pre-Thanksgiving feast of crickets. Every now and then I will offer them live store-bought crickets. In under a minute the entire colony was made aware of their presence in the hunting grounds and they all came pouring out to find them. Here is a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmNOmOD5Hs
Haha i've seen the video i loved it
Here is a crazy video of my Mymica rubras annihilating a beetle larva... The video is in two parts (The footage of Part 2 is my favourite) and is a single shot, and has honestly got to be some of the most surprising video footage I've ever taken of my rubra colony. The ants come pouring in from everywhere! lol! So for those of you who like to see ants in the heat of their aggression killing prey, hope you enjoy this video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZNvbLbwGco
Also, guys, for all those on Facebook, be sure to join the Ants & Myrmecology Facebook Group to connect with other Ant-lovers from around the world: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128300623950
haha seen it already and i already joined your group :D
Love your colony how is it going now?
And thanks for the advise with giving more food and heat its really working !! :D
Hiya Mikey, how are they doing now? In hibernation im guessing??
Yup, they're definitely hibernating now. They've slowed down enormously and their appetites have decreased. Thank goodness! Also, I have found that many have died suddenly right before hibernation. The colony is now down to just 30% of the original colony, but all the queens still seem to be alive, and there is still brood, eggs, and larvae.