Argentine Ants | The Global Super Colony 

Who's here after the Argentine Ants video by Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell?

Once I saw a Bull Ant Colony kill a Argentine Ant Colony How: The Bull Ants covered the hole of the Argentine ant's nest... and any Argentine Ants which escaped were slaughtered by the Bull Ants

Seems like a really unsettling species of ant with how ravenous they can be of their environment. On the other hand, there is a certain level of beauty in how they are able to cooperate with each other. Their rapid expansion combined with their efficiency makes them scary though.

Damn Tyranids!

I came here after watching Kurzgesagt video about this ant and its worldwide supercolony.

hey man your videos are great i love ants canada but your style is much more mellow. thankyou for making videos.

AntsCanada : Is where I watch my favorite colonies and keep me awake and active AntsAustralia : Helps my insomniac ass go to sleep bc of a mellow and calming voice

I'm from Argentina and never saw an Argentine ant, but U heard about how infamous they were among ant breeders. Now I know why. Such an interesting specie

Very good video about these fantastic creatures. They are very dominant here where I live in Alabama,USA and I even remember when Fire Ant beds were very common..they are very rare now. Since the Argentines marched in it really has changed the varieties of insects we used to see here unfortunately. Having said that however I am fascinated in watching how they organize themselves ( it's therapeutic to watch) into ant highways when they discover food...they remind me very much of how humans in a large society cooperates..it's no wonder they thrive everywhere they are!

Wonderful documentry brother! Loved every part of it!

I'm from Argentina and I find this channel very educational and amazing!

Great video! Amazing quality as well. Keep going Jordan

amazing Videos !!! some of the nicest footage of ants i found in the entire web. Keep going love it :)

Incredibly interesting 🙂 Your presentation achieves a very high level of captive interest and educational value with your choices of ambient music & tempos. Amazing. Makes me so happy when people get it right. Well done 😉

I'm so happy you did the Argentine Ants! Thank you! It is so important we learn which ones these are as here in Amrtica they are the #1 home invaders mistakenly called "sugar ants". They'll line in our walls or a little hole in the soil near our home or uber cracks in walkways or under human paper litter if it's damp. These guys are very adapted to humans and love us dearly! I hope you enjoy your new colony, as they are the most fascinating to watch and keep as a new ant keeper.

Very very good, we have problems with these ants and found that if we pressure wash the house in powerful soap it helps keep them OUT of the house. Thanks for sharing! Well explained.

Love you and AntsCanada's vids!

Beautiful and useful work Jordan. Effort well spent!

Another clinical video! Best going around. Keep it up.

A really like how much effort you put into your videos :) Hope you become just as well known as Ants Canada.

Another great video worthy of a documentary TV channel. Keep them comming

Great video! Cant wait for this channel to start blowing up :)

welcome back mate

Great video man, I loved the artificial colony part.

Good information about the ants in the wild! Thanks for the uploads AA!

Jordan your voice makes me happy

Great information!

It's amazing how a different type of ant can change the eco system.

I poured water down an argentine ant nest and the all came rushing out with brood and queens. I slaughtered them with a can of chemicals

love the video keep up the good work 👍

what amazing footage you capture, im not sure how you do it. keep it up

Great Video! Keep up the great videos

great video!

Very enjoyable informative video. much thanks :)

If only we could work together like these guys instead of trying to tear each other down

Your videos are of high quality. I'm looking forward to see more videos from your youtube channel.

I have a question: since these non-native Argentine ants cooperation is so effective, why didn't this behaviour occur naturally through evolution with other ant species? Great video; love all your work :)

Great footage. Thanks

Love your videos continue !

YAAAAS MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THESE!

Very educational. Thanks!

The music he chose is very fitting. Sounds like ants! 7:30

great vid

Fantastic video would love to keep them

I have a colony with at least 5 queens ( what I've counted ) do you think when it's nuptial flight season the queens will make more queens and kings?

Excited about the prototype formicarium, Jordan :D

Hey Ants Australia, I'm having trouble finding queen ants in New Jersey during the Spring/Summer. Is there anything I can do this spring/summer to catch any queens?

Cmon man you need to make more videos!

Hey Jordan, what type of video camera are you using for close-up? I have a new Sony AX53. I was told it does macro and ended up being told bullshit. The camera doesn't do macro like your video. Can you please give me a hint?

Nice vid

Hi Jordan I love your videos! The footage is just amazing and your style of narrating is great! I wonder how you make this videos and what equipment you use to make them. Perhaps you coulod make a Video about it? Greets from Switzerland

Oh my goodness! It must have been so much fun getting to film all this! Such a wonderful and informative video! Love your work! Keep up the great vids!!! :D

I wish you could make a video about ghost ants! They are so cute!

I have a question: if part of the reason for Argentine Ants' success is that they cooperate with others of the same species, why isn't this trait more common with other ant species? I love your videos! Keep up the great work! :)

Yay a new vid

Cooperation is the key.

They will really set up anywhere. I once found a new little colony setting up underneath a speaker in my living room. The area under the speaker is less than half an A4 sheet. I found the queen and captured her and a few ants and some brood and tried to set up my first ant farm, but they left after a day or two when I accidentally let the water barrier dry up. (I only had this pretty ordinary kids ant farm from when I was kid, and the ventilation holes were too big for the Argentine ants so I used a water mote to keep them in. I didn't know what I was doing.)

I love your channel and the fact that in this video you didn't have your usualy depressing voice makes me happy and makes it more enjoyable! No offense of course, its just, when I watch your old video and you sound soo... Tired and depressed it makes me sad and ruins excitement for me.. BUT THIS! This is good!

*FOR THE ANTPIRE!*

I like these doccumentarys

You should do a video of your ant colony and love your vids :)

Keep this up, love your videos!

One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

I just heard about these ants. Absolutely incredible. They scary me.

nice vidéo thank you

You could voice some Vaati Vidya videos, smoooothhh mellow tones :D

"Here at ants australia"? You getting a business started? Also, I noticed you used the same footage you gave me for the magpie thing. I love the way you present this stuff. It really looks like a top of the line documentary. Loving the footage. Also, I wouldn't mind trying out one of your prototype nests. how much does it cost?

My local Argentine ants are ridiculous about their budding behavior. They're more than happy to bud 20 queens right into my kitchen trashcan every week. Horribly, this never seems to deplete their numbers, as they keep moving colony after colony into my potted plants.

how can I catch an Argentine ant Queen? I have some in my backyard and spotted a few alates after a rainy day but I dont know how to find a Queen. What time of the day is best to look for queens?

I find these all the time infact i have a small ant colony of these and they have smal queens and more than one queen ants in a colony.

11:11 Where does fertilization occur if there is no nuptial flight? Great channel. Thanks.

0:47 are you saying that they displace and take as prey ducks and other birds?

Probably the best ad there is for flamethrowers

Nice video, Jordan. I was wondering, what camera do you use to film the ants? I can imagine it isn't easy to get such good shots when the subject is so tiny

I dont find any linepthema humile colonies here in italy but i would like to kerp then

you do these documentary quality videos all by yourself? Nice work :D only critique: when narrating you make some strange breaks and intonations (sometimes it almost sounds like you'd cut different parts of a sentence together in editing)

You gots to get paid. You're videos are awesome

These guys killed of an entire colony of fire ants in my area, those fire ants used to rule this place and has now been replaced

Where did you get your colonies? I live in North America and I have read that Argentine ants do not have nuptial flights but rather mate inside their old colony. They take around 10 workers and relocate to another area. I would love to own this species of ant but have no idea where/when to get them.

What are those insects at 0:52

4:14 That's horrific!

Im from Argentine and yes this lil moherfkers are common as grass as well theyre supper annoying yet fun to watch

Super informative try animated ones too will be more interesting very good content

Liometopum occidentalis (velvety tree ants) can beat argentine ants with acid

Nice vir I'm interested now

i got a huge colony of these that live near my outside trash can over a few months they killed every fire ant colony in my yard and i just see swarms of them when they find food

Nice

I am from Argentina and this ants are everywere! rule them all environment ahaha

I'm trying to start an ant collony and live in the US and the state I live in is Georgia. What type of ant should I get?

Excuse me would you recommend a 11 and a half year old to start raising a Argentine colony because I have a natural colony in my backyard. I was just wondering

Can u please do a phedole ant update please

Hello there. I today got a package from overseas that had a small colony living in the electronics, with brood and a couple of queens. Naturally, as I had no idea what the species was, I made sure to contain them and destroy them. I posted about this in a group on the Facebook, and got so many comments saying I should just keep them, or that a single colony couldn't hurt. This got me very annoyed, repeating myself over and over about how our delicate ecosystem is already being threatened by invasive species, and often can't out compete them. One commenter saying I should keep them said I should have asked you for help in keeping them. So, here we go then, if you got a package like I did from overseas with a small colony inside it, ants you don't recognise, what would you do?

Where is your update of your colony?

Been a while

can you make video on Pachycondyla astuta?

a new upload :)

Where do you find them? Like country wise

Hi! I'm thinking of buying a queen ant soon. I'm from Melbourne, Victoria and I was wondering the general area of where you live so I can see if you live too far away. Thanks!

what happens to the argentine ants if their nesting site is too small for them, and also what happens if the resources are too little?

when will you do another video like this?