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[AntsCanada]

Hello ant lovers,

 

It;s the 2nd week of the month, which means a new video on the AntsCanada Youtube channel. For this episode, we wanted to see how long it would take Paratrechina longicornis ants to find a cockroach on a sink. Check out the time lapse video and don't forget to leave a comment! Thanks, guys!

 

[AntsCanada]

Hi ant lovers, 

 

You guys wrote in asking us to release a video on Nuptial Flight schedules, and so our new video is a tutorial on exactly what, right on time for Northern Hemisphere Anting Season. Hope you guys like the new video:

 

[AntsCanada]

Greetings Ant lovers,

 

Our new video, as per all of your requests, is an update on my current ant colonies! Hope you enjoy the video! Happy anting to you all!

 

[AntsTexas]

cool, nice setup

[AntsCanada]

cool, nice setup

 

Thank you! Hoping you could join the GAN Project. We have a lot of Texans looking for ants to buy for their formicariums. Just a thought.

[dspdrew]

Videos of small Camponotus colonies always look like pictures.

 

I've had lots of colonies with mites, but very few with parasitic mites. If it looks like the mites are attached to their joints, then they could be parasitic, because that's where they get to the soft tissue. A lot of the time they're just phoretic though. One of the colonies I had with parasitic mites was completely dead within a couple days from the time I noticed them, and every dead ant was completely covered in them. Thankfully, all the mites were then dead less than a day later.

[AntsCanada]

Videos of small Camponotus colonies always look like pictures.

I've had lots of colonies with mites, but very few with parasitic mites. If it looks like the mites are attached to their joints, then they could be parasitic, because that's where they get to the soft tissue. A lot of the time they're just phoretic though. One of the colonies I had with parasitic mites was completely dead within a couple days from the time I noticed them, and every dead ant was completely covered in them. Thankfully, all the mites were then dead less than a day later.

That makes me totally sad.

[dspdrew]

Well the colony was just given to me, and it was an invasive species anyway, so don't be too sad.

[AntsTexas]

 

cool, nice setup

 

Thank you! Hoping you could join the GAN Project. We have a lot of Texans looking for ants to buy for their formicariums. Just a thought.

 

your welcome, cool, i'm kinda doing that in mini version lol, i will think about that thanks.....

Edited by AntsTexas, April 18 2016 - 8:04 AM.

[AntsCanada]

Greetings Ant Lovers!

 

The first Monday of the month has passed which means a new AntsCanada video has been uploaded to the AntsCanada Youtube Channel. This video takes a closer look at the lives and care of Ghost Ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum). We also do a Q&A session using questions you have sent to us to answer. Hope you guys like the new video!

Ant love forever!

 

[dspdrew]

Uh oh. Tapinoma sessile are not Argentine Ants; they're Odorous House Ants. Argentine Ants are Linepithema humile.

[AntsCanada]

Uh oh. Tapinoma sessile are not Argentine ants; they're Odorous House Ants. Argentine Ants are Linepithema humile.

 

Ah this is true! I really meant to say Argentine Ants, but what I was saying also applies to Tapinoma sessile. Time to add an annotations. Thank you for pointing this out!

Edited by AntsCanada, May 4 2016 - 7:01 AM.

[AntsCanada]

Hi guys,

 

It's the 3rd Monday of the month, which means a new video on the AntsCanada Youtube channel. It's about Solenopsis ants. Gotta love them fire ants! Hope you guys like it!:

 

 

Thanks for watching!

[AntsTexas]

awesome video, i found like 8 s. invicta queens this evening....

Edited by AntsTexas, May 16 2016 - 7:03 PM.

[AntsCanada]

Hi ant lovers,

 

Warning: Don't eat while watching our new video on ant endoparasites!

 

[AntsCanada]

It's Tetramorium Season, so naturally this week's video is about catching Tetramorium queens: 

 

[AntsCanada]

Greetaing, Ant Lovers!

 

Surprise! You guys requested for it, so we obliged! We will now upload a new ant video every week. Hope you enjoy this week's video about Solenopsis geminata vs Paratrechina longicornis. 

 

PS - Special thanks to Alex Wild www.alexanderwild.com

 

[Goldsystem]

Yay! Now I don't have to wait as long for videos.

[Canadian anter]

There are so many ant forums I can understand how someone running an ant business is unable to respond to all inquiries. What is with this public shaming phenomenon that is taking hold of our culture at this time? Totally uncool. I thought I was getting away from that culture by joining this forum instead of the Yuku one with it's grammar Nazi moderator and his/her public undermining of people all the time, but it seems all forums are the same lol.

 

I only joined this forum because it seems the most level headed, and because it allows us to talk about other commercial ant businesses such as AntsCanada in a sub section, something other forums don't allow. 

You mean antdude?

[LC3]

 

There are so many ant forums I can understand how someone running an ant business is unable to respond to all inquiries. What is with this public shaming phenomenon that is taking hold of our culture at this time? Totally uncool. I thought I was getting away from that culture by joining this forum instead of the Yuku one with it's grammar Nazi moderator and his/her public undermining of people all the time, but it seems all forums are the same lol.

 

I only joined this forum because it seems the most level headed, and because it allows us to talk about other commercial ant businesses such as AntsCanada in a sub section, something other forums don't allow. 

You mean antdude?

 

Yes. He is an on running gag here (and maybe else where) but no one really wants to talk about him, and there isn't much need to either. Nuff said.