Канал: The Ant-Tarium

When you check on the ants, but turns out they are checking on you…

When you check on the ants, but turns out they are checking on you…

Highlights Reel - 86th Queens Champion Rapier Tournament

Highlights Reel - 86th Queens Champion Rapier Tournament

Texas Bullet Ants Update - Settled in their Outworld & Macro Lens 4k

Texas Bullet Ants Update - Settled in their Outworld & Macro Lens 4k

Texas Bullet Ants and their new DIY outworld: The Fluon Defiers

Texas Bullet Ants and their new DIY outworld: The Fluon Defiers

Ever kept termites as pets?

Ever kept termites as pets?

Escape Artists - Honeypot ants

Escape Artists - Honeypot ants

OSU TikTok Spotlight #2: “Some of our colonies” with Andrew and The Ant-Tarium

OSU TikTok Spotlight #2: “Some of our colonies” with Andrew and The Ant-Tarium

OSU TikTok Spotlight #1: “How to start keeping ants” with Andrew and The Ant-Tarium

OSU TikTok Spotlight #1: “How to start keeping ants” with Andrew and The Ant-Tarium

Texas Bicolored Carpenter Ants and their New Home

Texas Bicolored Carpenter Ants and their New Home

First workers! - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group Two: March 2022 Update

First workers! - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group Two: March 2022 Update

Texas Bullet Ants probing for their raw honey

Texas Bullet Ants probing for their raw honey

First workers! - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group One: March 2022 Update

First workers! - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group One: March 2022 Update

Moving Black Desert Harvester Ants to a new DIY nest

Moving Black Desert Harvester Ants to a new DIY nest

Neoponera Take Down: The Huntress Queen vs The Nosey Cricket

Neoponera Take Down: The Huntress Queen vs The Nosey Cricket

DIY - Founding Chamber Gypsum Formicarium with Outworld

DIY - Founding Chamber Gypsum Formicarium with Outworld

The Dual-Monarchy - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group One: December 2021 Update

The Dual-Monarchy - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group One: December 2021 Update

Long Live the Queen - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group Two: December 2021 Update

Long Live the Queen - Neoponera villosa Polygyny Group Two: December 2021 Update

“The Tyrannical Kidnapper” - Polygyny Pairing of Neoponera villosa Queens: Experimental Group Two

“The Tyrannical Kidnapper” - Polygyny Pairing of Neoponera villosa Queens: Experimental Group Two

“The Dueling Princesses” - Polygyny Pairing of Neoponera villosa Queens: Experimental Group One

“The Dueling Princesses” - Polygyny Pairing of Neoponera villosa Queens: Experimental Group One

DIY Top Down View Ant Nest (Gypsum Formicarium)

DIY Top Down View Ant Nest (Gypsum Formicarium)

South Texas Collecting Trip: Neoponera villosa queens!

South Texas Collecting Trip: Neoponera villosa queens!

Wild Collected Big Headed Ants (Pheidole)

Wild Collected Big Headed Ants (Pheidole)

Moving my Red Harvester Ants into the New Nest

Moving my Red Harvester Ants into the New Nest

DIY Formicarium: New Nest for Red Harvester Ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)

DIY Formicarium: New Nest for Red Harvester Ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)

Myrmecocystus mexicanus - When you think the queen is finally going to move in…

Myrmecocystus mexicanus - When you think the queen is finally going to move in…

Camponotus texanus - Update 10/2/2021 - Brood explosion

Camponotus texanus - Update 10/2/2021 - Brood explosion

Golden Honey Pot Ants - Myrmecocystus mexicanus - Doing well and loving the fruit flies

Golden Honey Pot Ants - Myrmecocystus mexicanus - Doing well and loving the fruit flies

Golden Honey Pot Ants - Myrmecocystus mexicanus - Burying larvae in substrate for cocooning

Golden Honey Pot Ants - Myrmecocystus mexicanus - Burying larvae in substrate for cocooning

Camponotus atriceps - first workers and honey feeding

Camponotus atriceps - first workers and honey feeding

New colony! Golden Honeypot Ants - Myrmecocystus mexicanus

New colony! Golden Honeypot Ants - Myrmecocystus mexicanus

Carpenter Ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) - Queen in 2 year old colony

Carpenter Ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) - Queen in 2 year old colony

Carpenter Ants (Camponotus discolor) - 3+ year old colony in THA Atrium

Carpenter Ants (Camponotus discolor) - 3+ year old colony in THA Atrium

Camponotus atriceps - first cocoons

Camponotus atriceps - first cocoons

Camponotus texanus - colony expansion

Camponotus texanus - colony expansion

Camponotus atriceps - Founding Queen

Camponotus atriceps - Founding Queen

Honey Pot Ants (Myrmecocystus mendax) - update 9/2/2021

Honey Pot Ants (Myrmecocystus mendax) - update 9/2/2021

Pogonomyrmex barbatus - update 8/26/2021

Pogonomyrmex barbatus - update 8/26/2021

Myrmecocystus mendax - update 8/26/2021

Myrmecocystus mendax - update 8/26/2021

Neoponera villosa - update 8/26/2021

Neoponera villosa - update 8/26/2021

Turtle Ants - Cephalotes texanus - collecting pollen and being clumsy

Turtle Ants - Cephalotes texanus - collecting pollen and being clumsy

Turtle Ants - Cephalotes texanus - more eggs! 8/9/2021

Turtle Ants - Cephalotes texanus - more eggs! 8/9/2021

Turtle Ants - Cephalotes texanus - new outworld and first eggs!

Turtle Ants - Cephalotes texanus - new outworld and first eggs!

Cephalotes texanus - update 8/5/21

Cephalotes texanus - update 8/5/21

Neoponera villosa - workers burying larvae in substrate for cocooning

Neoponera villosa - workers burying larvae in substrate for cocooning

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Neoponera villosa - first cocoon since capture

Neoponera villosa - first cocoon since capture

Neoponera villosa - larvae cocooning

Neoponera villosa - larvae cocooning

Cephalotes texanus - Texas Turtle Ants! 3 Queen polygynous colony

Cephalotes texanus - Texas Turtle Ants! 3 Queen polygynous colony

Turtle Ants (Cephalotes texanus) - Three queen polygynous colony obtained today!

Turtle Ants (Cephalotes texanus) - Three queen polygynous colony obtained today!

Neoponera villosa - larvae feeding on cricket parts

Neoponera villosa - larvae feeding on cricket parts

Neoponera villosa - Queen feeding on cricket hemolymph

Neoponera villosa - Queen feeding on cricket hemolymph

Neoponera villosa - larvae growth and feeding 7/27/21

Neoponera villosa - larvae growth and feeding 7/27/21

Neoponera villosa - processing and feeding hornworm to larvae 7/24/2021

Neoponera villosa - processing and feeding hornworm to larvae 7/24/2021

Neoponera villosa - larvae feeding

Neoponera villosa - larvae feeding

Neoponera villosa - larvae growth 7/22/2021

Neoponera villosa - larvae growth 7/22/2021

Neoponera villosa - growing brood - 7/19/2021

Neoponera villosa - growing brood - 7/19/2021

Neoponera villosa - processing paralyzed cricket

Neoponera villosa - processing paralyzed cricket

Neoponera villosa update - 1/18/2021 - larvae!

Neoponera villosa update - 1/18/2021 - larvae!

Myrmecocystus mendax update 7/17/2021

Myrmecocystus mendax update 7/17/2021

Neoponera villosa - egg tending

Neoponera villosa - egg tending

Neoponera villosa - stripping a dubia roach of all edible tissues

Neoponera villosa - stripping a dubia roach of all edible tissues

Camponotus discolor/decipiens - newly mated queen

Camponotus discolor/decipiens - newly mated queen

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis - nuptial flight in motion

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis - nuptial flight in motion

Camponotus texanus - chasing fruit flies

Camponotus texanus - chasing fruit flies

Crematogaster sp. moving from tree to parking lot lamp pole - Queen

Crematogaster sp. moving from tree to parking lot lamp pole - Queen

Neoponera villosa queen exploring new formicarium

Neoponera villosa queen exploring new formicarium

Moving Neoponera villosa to new nest

Moving Neoponera villosa to new nest

Myrmecocystus mendax - 6/24/2021

Myrmecocystus mendax - 6/24/2021

Siproeta stelenes - Malachite Butterfly at Butterfly Palace

Siproeta stelenes - Malachite Butterfly at Butterfly Palace

Myrmecocystus mendax completely moved in to new formicarium

Myrmecocystus mendax completely moved in to new formicarium

Ascalapha odorata - Black Witch Moth

Ascalapha odorata - Black Witch Moth

Morpho peleides - the Butterfly Palace

Morpho peleides - the Butterfly Palace

Moving Myrmecocystus mendax to a new formicarium!

Moving Myrmecocystus mendax to a new formicarium!

Myrmecocystus mendax Queen moving to new home

Myrmecocystus mendax Queen moving to new home

Neoponera villosa vs Dubia Roach

Neoponera villosa vs Dubia Roach

Neoponera villosa - Feeding on Dubia Roach

Neoponera villosa - Feeding on Dubia Roach

Neoponera villosa - new eggs!

Neoponera villosa - new eggs!

Neoponera villosa - queen

Neoponera villosa - queen

Neoponera villosa - Drinking Honey

Neoponera villosa - Drinking Honey