Ant Room Tour | Spider Ants 

the thing that i find interesting is how the queen wanders around like a pregnant mother that wants to do something instead of sitting around and letting all the workers do the work.

Imagine your whole purpose in life just being a living fridge

*slaps antenna against the homie* "aye man I'm hungry" the homie: "ight open your mouth I got you"

I thought they only lived to torture me in Borderlands

This queen reminds me of my great-grandmother who is very old but very active and refuses to let people do her chores.

Australia: exists Demon spawn: it’s free real estate

So you’re telling that not only there’s an Ants Canada but also an ants Australia 🤯

"cmon, bite your brother and bring him over to the new expansion god gave us"

AntsCanada and yourself NEED to do a live podcast together and discuss species that either of you have and haven't had before. I'm pretty sure he has never experienced Spider Ants before and other Australian species. I also love that Spider Ants seem to utilise their larvae as a form of resource supply in a similar way to the Dracula Ants do by filling there young up with food before they are fully grown. If you are not familiar with Dracula Ants I definitely recommend! They feed there own larvae food they find then feed themselves by biting into the larvae while still keeping them alive. As it's thought the species' can't exchange Trophallaxis normally like most ants.

Ants Canada: Ants Ants Australia: Spider ants

Imagine being born an ant exited to explore and protect the colony to only be turned into a storage unit

when did this version of ant come out?

Is your fridge running? Ants: i sure hope not

I found the movement of these spider ants very mesmerizing. They are always moving around, keeping active, even the queen. Keep up the groundbreaking work!

FYI-- It seems the entire English-speaking world calls them Daddy Long Legs as well, along with a few other arthropods. Cranefly: Daddy Long Legs and/or "Mosquito Hawk" Cellar Spider: Daddy Long Legs Harvestman: Daddy Long Legs

I love the spider ants weird and wacky personalities and looks.

The most interesting thing about spider ants is that they are now the 4th species of ants that have very noticeable repleates. And another thing that I find very interesting it how they reproduce with wingless queens which will be very hard to find when you want to look for her within a big colony.

Me: *scrolling on youtube* Video exists Me: *read title* Me: A *WHAT* ANT??

This is one of the coolest ant species I've seen in a while. I know of golden honeypot ants that have abdomens like these, but they're gold. I think these look like the futuristic robots of the ant world, sleek and spider-like. I like how they walk, so strange! Matrix ants!

I live in the US and i have never heard anyone call a daddy long legs "cellar spider"

To me, the most interesting thing about spider ants is how very little research has been done and how spider ant queens look and act so similarly to her workers. Also, it’s surprising on how the workers fill up their unborn siblings with liquids to turn them into a hoarder, or a reverse. After this video, the fascinating spider ants have become more of a mystery to me than ever.

_Leptomyrmex_ are interesting as a whole. On Ant Keeping Depot, from Gamergate it states that queens of this species have never been found. To distinguish queens through the ocelli is interesting as this method of identification is used among several other species too. Ergatoid queens are fairly uncommon as well, with this characteristic only being found in a few species, with some _Myrmecia_ queens also being wingless. Repletes are also amazing, like _Myrmecocystus_ except with less distended gasters and it’s fascinating that this species holds characteristics of many species of ants, with tandem running also being an occurrence within this species. I’d say the most interesting of all though, is the arrangement of young larvae in flower-like bundles. This trait is something I’ve yet to have seen in a species and what the purpose could be intrigues me.

I think the fact that the queen is an active worker is super admirable

A big fan of your simple, yet very educating and well put videos man! Haven’t heard from you in a while. Hope all is well! Looking forward to more of your videos

I love the simple eyes on the spider ant queens! It occurs in a decent amount of queens and I didn't know what those dots were until this vid!!

The most interesting thing about spider ants is for sure the fact that they have queens uniqe in there order with no wings and look almost the same as ragular workers of there speices

I think the fact that the Queen is so much like the workers, moving around and feeding /grooming. Considering how most other ants keep their queen away from everything nice and safe. The way the repletes are filled straight away to create the cast is also amazing. Love your videos and almost ready to take the dive into keeping. Thanks :)

So a replete is basically a living refrigerator for ant food, lol.

What I find amazing about the spider ants is the fact that their queen never has wings! I find that really odd and just thought that every queen ant has wings at some point in their lifetime. I really love your channel because you teach me new things about ants every time you upload a video and you are a very genuine guy.

Watching this video, a really fascinating thing occurred to me; when these ants are hanging upside down in large groups within their nest, it closely resembles how Daddy Longlegs (Harvestmen “spiders”) will cluster. Harvestmen may do this for added protection or to conserve moisture in dry conditions, but the MOST fascinating thing is that Harvestmen aren’t actually spiders either! They are arachnids but they’re more closely related to scorpions. This means that 2 completely different species (Harvestmen & Spider Ants) have independently developed very similar spider-like builds but typically non-spider-like behaviors for likely the same reasons. Amazing! And don’t get me started on Ant Spiders… Lol. I don’t currently keep any ants yet but I’ve always loved these little guys. Last week I actually had a dream of catching a Camponotus queen with my 3 y/o son, so guess what I’ll be doing as soon as Spring comes around!

I tought this thing are native to pandora.

Your videos are incredible every time. I absolutely love them. One problem. You don't make enough of them. It has been 4 months and you haven't uploaded since. I hate to be one of those people who concerns over everything, but it went from monthly uploads, to every other monthly upload, to a video every 4 months at this point. With a relatively small amount of subscribers, I don't think you can rely on a patreon goal for motivation to make videos. You already have the needed equipment. Your own ant nests, ad revenue, and other things that keep a channel going. If you keep a consistent upload schedule, your channel will grow beyond belief. That would make a patreon goal much more achievable. but until then, I don't think that patreon donations should root the upload schedule for this channel, or to get exclusive content if desired. It should be open to everybody, and I speak for all fans here. Thanks for your attention. Keep making videos!

8:41 Instead of flying, they swing like spiders

This was FASCINATING!!!! Amazing video. Not only are they beautiful but their behavior is wicked interesting!! Thanks for all the ant education!!!

Incredible! Thank you, this is my first time hearing of 🕷️ Spider Ant's. Awesome Job 👍 Keep it up.

Hi Jordan, Personally I would love your old camera as i don't own anything capable of shooting such small creatures with great detail. I was considering starting a small documentary style youtube channel, similar to yours and so would use your camera for that. I would also use it for instagram as I love posting updates of my colonies there. Regardless if I win or not it won't change how much I love your videos, I respect how detailed and professional they are. I've also loved seeing you grow and to even launch your own range of ant products which is super cool. Thank you for your consideration . Sincerely, Harrison.

Like: Ants Canada Like: Ants Australia Cause they are both equally great channels!

the most interesting fact about the spider ants i found is that their queens don't have wings and behave a lot like a worker they also have never been captured and observed this is huge can't wait to see more on them

I just love how althea communicate and how they act. I'm fascinated by how for example jumping spiders come together with other ants especially spider ants to blend in. I also really love your videos. You inspired me to start ant keeping as well!

One of the best things I've watched on RU-vid this year

I love how the Spider Ants look so alienish and dangle like bats, keep up the good work Jordan! - Alex Bone

I realize this video is almost a year old, it is the first time I see it. I think it is amazing, this ants are gorgeous. I am thinking seriously about ant keeping. Thanks, GRATE job.

I hope to see many more videos from you! You’re really informative and enjoyable! ☺️

Very interesting. Love your spider ants. It's my 1st time hearing about then. Now I'm getting my farm together now. Thank you

Ants Australia: the brother of antscanada

Ants Australia and Ants Canada need to share info and fanboy over ants together

The most fasinating thing about spider ants to me was how little documented they are. They feel special because of this. Thanks so much for making a video about them. The second coolest thing would be their awesome repleates. I really like the color on their head, contrasting their black and grey.

Your channel is so underrated. Cheers for a fantastic video !

Awww, they have a hard working mom as well!

Just so you know, I live in Kansas, and we call them daddy long legs as well. :)

WOW! How cool! Thank you for showing me these I've never seen these! Very cool! 😎

What I like most about the spider ants is how they hang motionless and get pampered by the other workers

When I saw the title I was like, Spider Ants? You mean those Spiders that look like ants to disguise Them? NOPE real ants that are called spider ants. Cool. Love your vids Jordan!🐜 🕷

woah thats things head looks like my character...

Very well filmed and narrated. You fascination is clearly transmitted. So much better than watching junk TV or playing video games.

The most fascinating thing about the spider ants for me are, the fact that they hang like bats. This is very different to other types of ants, it is just so cool though.

Are you still alive dude haven't heard from you for ages hope everything is ok

Hey Everyone! Who's looking back at this and thinking; 'huh? This was 6 months ago but is still the most recent video'?

This is a very well put together video! I loved it! So fascinating. I never knew ants were so cool!

Wow. Amazing specie I never heard of! Great nest build and great footage! Ty.

What I like about the Spiderants, is the behavior. It's pretty weird that they are hanging from the ceiling and that they are walking like a daddy long legs! I have a small colony of carpenter ants with 20-30 members. A new Nest would help em' out in this time. And nice video as always!😁

The way I thought of the “larva balls” are like family groups, so certain family groups are designated to be repletes or regular workers or alaites, I also might think the family groups might generally stick together with a domininant ant, and they all form together to be one big colony, I also wonder if the the family groups generally hold brood that are set aside to their own cast, this is all just speculation, and defiantly needs more study ! And an update please !!’

Some time ago I got Ants Canada in my recommendations. Now I found Ants Australia. I’ve always been fascinated by insects and such. Your channel is super. RU-vid doesn’t always has to be only entertainment. It’s nice to look at a video that is nicely made by someone with a passion for what he is creating and that is both entertaining and makes me smarter. This is the feeling I get with this channel.

Your videos are amazing! and really well done!

This channel is so much better than that Canadian ant channel. Not as much clickbait.

Ants australia I think you neeed to make more videos i love ur vids and would like to see more

This is really cool. Nice video!

Excellent video. I thought I liked ants before. Now I love them. Thanks for this channel.

What i love about the spider ants is how thay dont look nor act like normal ants like lasius or others. I live how spider anta act like bats and how thay hold there larvae and tend to them like cleaning them and feeding them. The queen cool as well I like the way she's more energetic than other normal Queens she moves around intends to her brood more often than like say camponotus they like sit in one spot and lay eggs but unlike the Spider Queen she walks around and tends to her brood and larvae workers. It's really cool how you actually got a colony of spider ants Jordan I love these ants I actually wanted to look these up but I didn't find nothing on them so you've actually having a colony of them makes me more excited for every time you upload a video stay cool Jordan. Ant love for ever. Ps. I would use the camrea when my anta get out of hibernation i would shot them eating and in there nest and see about there behaver with the camera and show my friends my ants and there colors and behavers and what food that like

The most interesting thing about the spider 🐜 ants is that the repleats are filled up strait away while the exo skeleton is soft so there like balloons . PS I would love a ytong nest to start my first colony. How would you send the nest or camera if I were to be so lucky ???? I have to agree that my favourite colony is the bull ants 😁

What I find most fascinating about spider ants is the way they look, the way they move and their legs are just so cool and I love the way they walk. I also think that it is really cool how they hang upside down in the nest

My favorite thing about the spider ants is how alien and odd they are and they are really fascinating without a doubt! I love this ant room tour cerise keep up the good work!!

it would be amazing to win your camera :), I really love this fascinating world of insect, and i love taking photos and filming videos, unfortunately, i don´t have the right equipment for shooting macro photos and videos, but with your camera, I would be finally able to combine 2 things i love to do :)

Why are u not uploading

Didn't know about the 2 stomachs. Ants blow my mind. Great production, thanks

I found you a few hours ago form an AntsCanada vid, and when I saw Australia, where I'm from, I had to see what you had on the channel. I'm from a rural part of Victoria, and have spent a fair bit of time around Bull Ants, their nests don't last long around my place, because we have animals that could be killed by them. Though I am interested in ants, I don't really have the space for a colony in my house at the moment. Love the video's, and I'll definitely keep watching them.

A Reason I Would Want The Good Camera Is That Here In Texas,We Have Some Exquisite,Georgous Species.I Have Some Of My Own,Too.My Phone And Only Camera I Have Are Bad At Taking Macros.I've always dreamed of having a good camera.for photography,Not only For Insects,But Animals And Weather. While in australia you guys have Myrmecia nagrocinta,we have Psudomyrmex graccilis.Coloring and size is the exact same.I also have some harvester ants,and my surgar/carpenter ants have some of the best coloration I've seen in any Hymenopytera.One,Camponotus Castanus,is A Georgous Red-Orange.The other,Camponotus Decipens,Or The Most Amazing Ant I've Ever Seen.They're Gaster,Black,With Grey Stripes.They're Thorax Is A Magnificent Orange.And They're Head Is A Georgous Red,All of these I really want macros to share to the world with!

Jordan I would love to win the camera since Im moving to mexico for half a year with my parents. And I want to make cool photos and videos of the awesome ants there! And woww those spidere ants are interesting!!!

Awesome video as always! :D

This is amazing didn't even know about this ant. It's great!!! Please show us more

Outside Australia? Here in the south USA, never heard them being called cellar spiders🤔

When you think about it if those ants have emotions they all know their lives are lies

Watching your ants is really relaxing

wow!! I love ants and this is the first time I have seen these ants.. So different and special.

1:39 this is the first time you can see the queen

Btw, Americans call them daddy long legs too lol never heard of this cellar spider thing

Totally interesting video and well made. It never lost my attention. I liked the ants too they were elegant!

The thing I have found most faccinating about spider ants is how much they can be fed and swell them self up so much, species with repletes are so interesting to me!

I find spider ants fascinating because of the fact they have repletes a lot like honeypot ants I also like their movement pattern also did you know that apparently Myrmecia nigrocincta enslave spider ants I find that pretty fascinating. I was lucky and observant enough to catch my own spider ant queen during a nuptial walk she layed some eggs but the queen and all of her brood died because she wasn't fertile. some day i will go back and see if i can get another one.

Why did you stop making videos

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing!

Hey ant-lover! I recently started following your channel! I watched almost all your video’s now! The spider Ants are one of the most Fascinating ant species of the 12.000 worldwide! The way that they store food in themselfs and are really active! It must be real fun to study this species!

can you please do dinosaure ants

We also call them Daddy Longlegs in the US...

Great vid, as always 😄

I find it interesting that the Spider Ants are able to not only recognise that ants gasters can be swelled, and utilise that, but also that they have figured the maximum point they can fill them to.

The reason I would like to win your old camera is because I currently do not have a camera of my own, and I am only 13 so I don't really have the money to buy my own either, but if I could win this camera I could take pictures of all my current ant colonies and queens, so that way in the future can look back at this awesome time of my life and remember the coolest and happiest time of my life so far and I will never forget my awesome, incredible, amazing, ants. Please like this comment if you would like to help me win. 🙂

Ants Australia > Ants Canada

New Favorite Ant I love that the queen is also a worker. I love that the repletes are so batlike. I love the slow intentional movements. I find it interesting that the queens have no wings. I wouldn't be at all surprised if spider ants form colonies with more than one queen.

the most facinating thing I learned about spider ants is that their repletes are like those of a honeypot ant where they hang and stay in the nest