Finding Queen Ants & Colonies #3 | My Trip to the New Forest, UK | Part 2 

Hello All! I hope you are well and staying safe during this awful time. I filmed this video back in July 2019 (Before COVID-19) and I thought I would edit it up for you guys. I hope you enjoy! - Cameron

RU-vid: shows me a new ant video 🐜 Me: instantly clicks on it to watch. Also RU-vid: will go in premiere in 21 hours

Well I’m a conservative white guy from Texas and in the past couple months I have found myself taking advice from a ant longing brit Vegan. Now if u would have told me that a year ago I would have laughed but now I am here to say I really enjoy your channel thanks for caring about ants!!!

Wow wish I saw this video sooner, nice catch of the lasius queen and that was some great footage fo the formica colony!

nice your back after 8 months

Stunning Formica nest!

i didnt even know ants could build things that big its epic

This is so cool! I've never seen a literal mound like that one! Wish I could get into some cool ants as well... might have to pull a colony out of my yard... very interesting!

Hope you'll get back recording man! U got some gains aswell!! Awesome

A few years back I came across a large probably 2 foot high 3 or 4 foot across mound of Formica rufa whilst out strolling in woods near Sevenoaks in Kent. There are also quite a few mounds I’ve discovered in woodland around South Devon. The closest I ever got to seeing live wood ants was in the large display they had in London Zoo insect house. As a kid in the 70s growing up in London the only ants I ever saw were common black ants and yellow meadow ants and the very occasional myrmica rubida. So the first time I saw wood ants in their natural environment was very exciting

Nice video!

The ancient one has returned

Your so lucky with catching that first Queen. I mean i literaly coulis spend all Day trying to catch 1 Queen and then not get it

Am soooo happy you made a new video very underated channel.

Welcome back mate!

HE’S NOT BEEN EATEN BY ANTS HORRAY (I thought he was eaten alive by ants)

Popcorns out. Let's go baby~

I will be there :)

And its awsome that you have returned.

Epic!

I like ants🐜🐜🐜

Where did you get the idea that there would be Camponotus in that forest?

We've got some of these formica in my area up north, but the mounds seem to stay small and because of where they are I've never been able catch a nuptial flight yet, I have started keeping test tubed on me through summer just in case though, because I feel they'd be an interesting species to keep

i love your videios

Aww u premiered on 3 am on my country

Yeah I saw the frog

Click Click every trip my dear friend

you were lucky to find that toad. that species of toad only live in the UK and they're very endangered because of habitat loss. consider yourself lucky ;D

Oh man is the Lasius genus nuptile flight already surpassed in the uk?

Woohoo

:) ants

15.30. I'd say they were formica rufa. Been working on uk sp.

Looking to start my own ant colony, not sure whether to go on the hunt or buy a queen online. If I was to start my own colony and go hunting for a queen, where should I really be looking and at what time of the year shall I go?

18:00 that bottle on the floor... I'd take it with me. Not mine/yours but c'mon. Only bastards do that

Can you get solenopsis fugax in south of england but is rare? I found this on the internet but i dont know if its true though????

It's been 11 months whats going on

nice he wasn’t slaughtered by his ants

i am here

What part of new forest is this?

hows your manica rubida

I really want to get a red wood ant queen if anyone knows where I can get one ? Thank you .

How are your ants doing since the ant tour still living?

Anyone have a spare queen with or without workers they can post to me?

Hello

it is a toad

Where can I buy black crazy ants in the uk to start a colony ?

In Germany there are so rare.

I'm very late to the party but you must not collect the formica rufa species. This species is protected. I was disappointed when I learnt I couldn't legally keep this species as it is my favourite formica. Though in hindsight, I don't think it would be possible to facilitate the habitat of this species. Ants which live in trees or in the ground are easier to keep than ants which make such huge mounds. The tank size would be huge and the number of ants would be staggering. But hey maybe someone out there has the space.

Why not look for camponotus sp. in those rotten woods