How to Build an Ant Farm | All in One Concrete Formicarium

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An in-depth guide on how to make a formicarium (ant farm). In this third episode of the series, we show you how to design an “all in one” using AAC (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete). The end designs offer the ants both a nesting medium, and an outworld (foraging area), the essential components in which an ant colony will need to thrive! Live Australian ant colonies are then introduced to these formicaria. Including...Funnel Ants (Aphaenogaster longiceps), Rainbow Ants (Iridomyrmex sp.) and Toothless Bull Ants (Myrmecia piliventris). Only the simplest of tools and materials are required to follow along. So, we sure hope you do!
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@Bassist665 6 лет назад

The most disturbing thing I learned about ants. Was actually how here, in my country, some caterpillars feed on ant larvae, without being stopped by the ants themselves. The caterpillars secrete a sort of honeydew (I don't know the exact name) to please the ants outside of their nest. The ants walk all over the caterpillar, leaving their scent on it. Afterwards, masked in ant scent, it simply walks into the nest, unharmed by unsuspecting ants, and starts feeding on their larvae.

@budgie-do2jl Год назад

Same with rove beetles

@alex-dh8zy Год назад

same with the man who enters my home

@littlebluetank7899 Год назад

@@alex-dh8zy so unexpected lmfao

@princesssunrays 11 месяцев назад

@@alex-dh8zy💀

@stepheni.s7080 10 месяцев назад

It’s the Larvae of the Alcon butterfly.

@kung-fubadger3766 5 лет назад

I have been watching Ants Australia and Ant Canada and im going to be honest here Ant Canada knows his stuff but I find he doesnt give lots of informative videos like this video he does on the other hand have the voice that you could always listen to. My personal favorite though is Ant Australia cannot stop watching his videos they are great I have learnt so much stuff.

@marsaans 3 года назад

I like every ant channel but Ants Australia and Ants Canada are my favorite. Theres just something in Ants Australia's videos that made me get hooked to the channel

@bugswisconsin1910 3 года назад

Ants Canada is my favorite he has good test tubes and I have colony’s in the tubes right now soon they will move in the ants Canada ant tower

@PoffHistory 2 года назад

@@bugswisconsin1910 But his stuff is way to expansive man...

@appalachiabrauchfrau 2 года назад

@@PoffHistory and he sells the new stuff for just as much as his old quality stuff, the nerve lol.

@PoffHistory 2 года назад

@@appalachiabrauchfrau Indeed ;-;

@PrinceGuerrier 6 лет назад

When I saw the video notification AntAutralia, I know I'll have a good time coming home from work. Another video that I will watch four or five times ...

@i3enj462 6 лет назад

FourmisDuSud Very VERY accurate.

@Shuhister 6 лет назад

especially that 25:05 moment....

@memelord9232 6 лет назад

Same bro

@FrugalInvertKeeper 6 лет назад

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video it's brilliant.

@anttrace8479 6 лет назад

OK thanks

@sarkysuchus8350 6 лет назад

Its 2AM. I have a deadline. Soft whimsical music plays as a charmingly enthusiastic Australian with an adorable lisp invites me to watch his pets mercilessly rip apart their helpless victim and feed it to their ever ravenous brood. Life is good.

@jinkim1191 6 лет назад

I don't often leave comments, but just wanted to show my appreciation for your channel! It's my favorite ant-related channel by far. The music you choose is relaxing, your narration is perfect, and the footage is fantastic. Hoping to start ant keeping this spring, and I'll be looking to your videos as guide. I'm looking forward to your next video!

@Wang-uh3yb 6 лет назад

Jin Kim AntsCanada is also entertaining

@jinkim1191 6 лет назад

I follow AntsCanada as well! But I find this channel much better for stylistic reasons. I prefer the narration and video editing here -- Ants Australia is generally more concise and doesn't do a lot of edits to create dramatic effects like AntsCanada does. Both great channels though!

@unclasp 5 лет назад

@@jinkim1191 I agree completely in the same exact way.

@antsareawesome9284 3 года назад

I love ac

@papimega5862 3 года назад

The ant getting eaten: AHHHH OH MY GOD IT HURTS the music:💕☺️😘😇

@mattheworchard-groves9521 6 лет назад

dude you realise you make the best tutorials for ants on youtube. Please upload more often! Many of us are really bored of week after week of Antscanada giving up disney stories. We need more people doing real antkeeping, not a drama tv series!

@ricksameisen1945 6 лет назад

3:39 is a little escapee :))

@flowerellarts 4 года назад

I would've never noticed myself!

@oliverhunt5288 4 года назад

Not sure how people didn’t notice 🤣

@Swartgaming 4 года назад

Thats a wild ant

@andreamontechiarini 6 лет назад

9:56 Jordan is officially the new Michelangelo

@bibidabo4425 6 лет назад

I never thought I was going to make a nest like this. Well for my ants, I’m doing it now! Finally.

@bibidabo4425 6 лет назад

Nice comment Bibidabo Blitz, xD.

@willbkr867 6 лет назад

The most disturbing thing I find about ants is how smart they are! From roads to graveyards they almost seem human somtimes which I find really quite scary😂🤭

@adoge1175 2 месяца назад

This was one of my favorite videos as a child. Thank you for the nostalgia.

@wesselmuurling7460 6 лет назад

Always when I get a notification of your channel, I love to watch your video's, they are very relaxing and at the same time interesting and usefull. keep the work going!!

@kipptt 4 года назад

nobody: raimbow ants: *brood tower*

@samasaurus1238 6 лет назад

Am I the only person wanting a How to make an outworld video?

@electrobot9871 6 лет назад

Samasaurus123 ur not alone

@chrispresnell1209 6 лет назад

Samasaurus123 He made a tutorial on that....

@ivankaticos 6 лет назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8S8NGb1Kyu8.html np :-)

@Thatoneguy15547 5 лет назад

samasurus123 your never alone

@Thatoneguy15547 5 лет назад

i also wanted to

@AntsManitoba 6 лет назад

Wow 😮 great vid Jordan. Really cool idea I can’t wait to try this myself ❤️🐜

@AussieAnts 6 лет назад

Great video once again Jordan! Jealous of those piliventris 😯

@criticaX 4 года назад

Yeah I was really entertained!

@aidana2128 6 лет назад

very well done video I like how professional it was

@winningorlearning 6 лет назад

Excellent video m8, your videos are by far the most useful ant keeping videos so far. Ty.

@afinidus1369 6 лет назад

Awesome video. I have a block of AAC ready to go. I love these all in ones, I’m thinking of making a small one for my desk at work so I can watch ants while I work.

@syltis1994 6 лет назад

This is really entertaining. You've got skills!

@AntsScandinavia 6 лет назад

Wow, you really made some new and bar-raising additions to those nests. With the dry-clay, for making it all so smooth and so on, I love the designs, and ofcource my fave is the bull ants setup ;) Where do you buy the paints you use in all thease setups, please link them if you buy from ebay or something, I love the look

@mikesmale1853 3 года назад

Well that was a fascination half an hour, thank you for taking the time to show us your hobby. I used to be quite negative towards ants. You have introduced them in an interesting and enthusiastic way. Cheers sir.

@Karaffka 6 лет назад

Great video, definitely worth the wait. I love the high production value of your videos.

@Au_Aquatica 6 лет назад

The most disturbing things ants do I find is that honey pot ants (Myrmecocystus sp) raid enemy nests and rip the heads off other repletes and drink from it as a keg, sometimes they even drag the repletes to their nests and slowly chew through the ants head. Definitly the most disturbing thing ants do in my opinion

@anythinggoes2358 6 лет назад

Queensland Ants some time they just make the ant part of the colony

@peeblekitty5780 6 лет назад

Isn't it the honey pot ants that _get_ raided, not raid?

@Au_Aquatica 6 лет назад

Peeble Kitty they raid other colonies of their same speices

@EnderAnts 6 лет назад

Queensland Ants have to agree on that!

@kelsiezitting1953 6 лет назад

Honey pot ants are pretty brutal. They're also known for kidnapping brood and raising them as slaves

@FantasticKruH 6 лет назад

Thanks for the tutorials!

@sagittariusa291 6 лет назад

BEST VIDEO - Finally I know how to build my Formicarium. Thank you so much.

@clamskaboo5120 6 лет назад

Yes! I've been looking for a tutorial for these nests! BTW, the tutorial for the ytong nests helped me a LOT and I have my crematogaster colony nice and happily nesting inside of it

@arkonos4123 6 лет назад

Please do a natural nest because AAC is hard to find in North America and personnaly i prefer a natural nest . Your videos are really well made so keep up the great work!

@lilitheden748 4 года назад

You made some beautiful ant worlds. I don’t keep ants myself but I nevertheless find them extremely interesting creatures. By browsing the internet and watching videos on RU-vid I’ve learned a lot of things about them that are quite remarkable. I always wondered how the first generation was fed seen the queen doesn’t leave the nest to forage. I found out that when the queen has her first larvae she feeds them with her into trophic eggs converted wing muscles. Well, that is an amazing thing to do.

@invertevision4757 6 лет назад

Although I enjoy and love watching AntsCanada, I have to honestly say I like your content better. He does his episodes kind of like a movie while yours are more like something you would see on a nature show. Absolutely love this video and all the rest! I live in the u.s. and nuptial flight this year is finally starting. I'm very excited. Absolutely can't wait to see your next video my friend!

@wimvandenheuvel6582 6 лет назад

Awesome ant nests😍! You really inspire me to make the most out of it. Hope to see more of these videos!

@okay2240 4 года назад

No one will see this lol but does the clay need to be non toxic or can it just be everyday normal clay?

@NS-pz8nb 4 года назад

Probably best to make sure it's non toxic. Don't want to risk hurting/killing your ants

@souglieking6308 4 года назад

It should probably be non-toxic as you don't want to hurt the ants.

@loiswilson79 4 года назад

Everyday clay will be fine I’m using that and it works well. How is it supposed to kill an ant anyway it’s just clay.

@orangepaper190 3 года назад

@@loiswilson79 because if the ants bite it

@loiswilson79 3 года назад

Orange Paper HOW CAN THEY DIE FROM BITING AT DRY CLAY WHATS THAT GONNA DO?

@lucasrichmond6074 6 лет назад

sponsored by bunnings? 5:29 hahaha

@lucasrichmond6074 Год назад

God, been a quick minute. Made this comment having no ants at all, now ive got 4 (mind you pretty young) colonies going. Funnily enough I ended up working for bunnings for just under a year too. Was good to come back and watch this again, might have to give it a whirl once my myrmecia nigriceps are in the double digits

@esist2wild 6 лет назад

Great! Love the Bull Ants and the Beach Enclosure!

@eduardobispo4705 5 лет назад

This video was really well made and informative in various ways. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge!

@MrMaefiu 6 лет назад

Awesome designs! The most disturbing thing i found out was the behavior of species formica sanguinea in relation to the Lomechusa(beetle). These ants(apparently) are so addicted to Lomechusas secretions that they tolerate them eating their brood. In case of alarm, they even tend to bring the Lomechusas brood into safety before their own(#addictants?). It feels like I will always find out something new that fascinates me about ants!

@antsontario1737 6 лет назад

Can you make videos on other materials like plaster or grout? These are amazing but not many people in North America have access to AAC block. Really good video anyway!

@meanjeanmcqueen6171 5 лет назад

I am SO glad that I came across this! Thank you!

@magicciaw 6 лет назад

I really love your videos. They're very informative and have great shots of the ants.

@Velppp 6 лет назад

THANK. A. LOT !!! When my Messor colonies will need more space, I'll do those type of nests. It's looks soooooo good x). Keep up the good work!

@lasigna0212 6 лет назад

Velppp I read you have Messor ants: I caught my very first queen a month ago, and she is a Messor capitatus. She has some larvae and eggs now. Do you think they are good for beginners like me?

@Velppp 6 лет назад

Yes they are very simple to keep. I have one colony of Polygynous Messor barbarus, one of capitatus and few more barbarus queens... So, they stress very easily when there is a vibration. It's their only downside for me. Otherwise they just need seeds, some proteins and a place between 22 and 28 °C. The egg become an ant in 30-60 days. This depends of the size of the new ant, and the heating temperature. You are not force to water the nest. If you provide them a source of water they will live perfectly with it. Personally I water the nest only when there is few ants drinking in the reservoir of water. ie each 2 - 4 days. Those ants are convenient when you want to go in vacation. They can live few weeks without any care if they have enough water and food =). Voilà, ask me if you want to know something else =) ps: I advise you to keep them in an non-acrylic setup. Because this material provide very well vibrations... And that's not very good for them... For Messors I prefer Ytong for it's ability to scatter vibrations.

@lasigna0212 6 лет назад

Velppp Thanks! I made a cork nest for them, but I think I'll make one out of AAC and put in the Messor and I'll keep the cirk nest for a Crematogaster queen.

@ant.invasion 6 лет назад

Sweet set ups man! Can’t wait to see these colonies grow :D

@i3enj462 6 лет назад

Nathan Lewis stop advertising man

@i3enj462 6 лет назад

Nathan Lewis Man I know the struggles. I crawled my way to 200 subs on an old channel. ur vids are good just dont intrude others channels with your advertisements

@i3enj462 6 лет назад

Nathan Lewis nah its cool to advertise but copy pasting the same message to everyone is judt spam

@basilisco04 6 лет назад

whats the material of the formicarium?

@i3enj462 6 лет назад

basilio lopez Ytong its hard to find in small quantities where i live. simillar to fire brick or cinder blocks

@Au_Aquatica 6 лет назад

Such a amazing video jordan!

@ryansullivan1393 5 лет назад

Great video! Very detail oriented and professional!

@Smexfish 6 лет назад

First 11 minutes??? Dream come true.

@02highvoltage67 6 лет назад

Watching a different video then I get this notification and I’m like “HELLL YEAAHSHSHS TIME TO WATCH” lol

@SquishyAnemone 5 лет назад

very nicely done videos, i’m excited to try out this method!

@azrinaswan80 6 лет назад

Fantastic I've waiting for this since the last video, and i know it takes a lots of time to make a video bt we would love a new video every week.

@eval1441 6 лет назад

Love your videos! Keep the good work up! What I find the most disturbing about ants is how they can make nests almost anywhere (even in the inside of your wall!) It's almost as if they dominate the world and we just live beside them!

@ultragaming1650 6 лет назад

Pls uploade once a week. Like if you agree

@antzphilippinesph7205 6 лет назад

Glenn Dail Doringuez as the looks of it he can’t really keep that schedule since he might have some other important things to do

@ultragaming1650 6 лет назад

What about ants Canada he can upload once a week or even 2vid a week

@OurLandBirdsAndAnts 6 лет назад

I agree

@antzphilippinesph7205 6 лет назад

Glenn Dail Doringuez yes because he is able to do so, if Jordan was able to then he wouldn’t be uploading randomly, he uploads when he is able to and judging by how it’s usually every month or two he has other things to do...

@soochenguan773 6 лет назад

yeah!That will get him more subs.

@onyourleft846 6 лет назад

Love your channel man. Keep it up!

@cloudinfinity 6 лет назад

Great video! We're making one of these with my class for our growing colony!

@willsbossygaming9333 6 лет назад

The most disturbing thing I have ever experienced with ants is the savageness of Fire ants. Once when I accidentally laid down on top of a bunch of fire ants. They pretty much stung and bite the crap out of my arm. I had dots on my arm for weeks and I have a few little scars.

@curth6493 6 лет назад

it took so long for this to come out

@OurLandBirdsAndAnts 6 лет назад

sub to me!!!

@curth6493 6 лет назад

@enclaveherewhyisntyourvide3089 6 лет назад

CW Hachinsky would you deny that they’re quality videos?

@scarlettcross4341 3 года назад

You're the coolest ant guy in the world. The thing you make amazing.🐜👌

@finleyl.2822 6 лет назад

Great video, covered alot of stuff I needed to know. Thanks

@brockthomson4790 6 лет назад

my god i love this guy cause he is aussie and smart and im aussie too :D

@brockthomson4790 6 лет назад

cool i will check it out

@andiirawandewantoro 6 лет назад

NICE !!!

@OurLandBirdsAndAnts 6 лет назад

sub to me

@jslee948 6 лет назад

Andi Irawan Dewantoro hello there

@MrHimitsu86 6 лет назад

Nice tooo

@Liam-cz2fy 6 лет назад

Loved this video, watching it for the second time to look a bit more at the beach setup, really interested in that one! Just got my first queen from Eli, just a pheidole to begin with. Anyway keep up the great work I’ll be sure to stay tuned. :)

@sleepiva5864 5 лет назад

Wow! awesome job loved the desert one!

@Ants-ex4sw 6 лет назад

Cool nests. You just earned another sub😄

@animalantics15 6 лет назад

Awesome vid! Keep up the good work

@sleeppy_D 4 года назад

Such a good video, please continue your great work!

@charlesstevens5845 6 лет назад

Hey man! I have been ant keeping since December last year, and I have found out some pretty disturbing things from my observations, such as when they are feeding they use weird tentacle-like things to lap up their honey, or when the queen can get stressed enough she eats her babies :0 I love the vids PLEASE keep them up!! #aaforlife :)

@yangenting7749 5 лет назад

CoinPush GT when u lick stuff with ur tongue people don't call u weird right?

@mr.cookiedose362 6 лет назад

I've got two things that i was very disturbed about when I found out about it: 1. That some Ant species can have slaves (e.g. Polyergus lucidus). And one of the main goals of such colonies is to find other colonies and enslave their workers and steal their brood. But I think its cool and interesting too! 2. That Carpenter Ants can destroy houses and cause a lot of damage. Many people See those Ants as pests but i think their pretty beautiful and in want to Catch a Carpenter Queen at the next nuptial flight and raise a small colony (any Name suggestions?) But that does not keep me from Loving Ants and it reminds me of the giant impact and the importance Ants have for our Environment!

@radicalants2453 6 лет назад

nice set up keep up the good work

@Tarvos-zd4wo 6 лет назад

Great Work! Keep it up ! :)

@liondorfarms 6 лет назад

Great video! Any idea how we can buy AAC here in America?

@rhyssatterfield7487 5 лет назад

help us please

@timmyeh551 5 лет назад

Other names are Hebel, Ytong, could be under those names ? Hardware stores here in Australia sell it.

@camdenkiefer 5 лет назад

its nearly impossible to find it in the usa, ebay would be your best bet

@antzphilippinesph7205 6 лет назад

I’m early! And fiannllyyy u uploadddedddd

@OurLandBirdsAndAnts 6 лет назад

SUB TO MEEE!!

@kanyenorth5711 4 года назад

our land birds and ants nah we are good

@marcustandylee5966 6 лет назад

Love your videos Jordan! Keep up the good work:)

@xSRGman 6 лет назад

Finally a new video!!!! Been waiting for ages!

@Sacressane 5 лет назад

I have watch this vid around 8 times LMAO

@formicidae9126 5 лет назад

I've watched it four times today.

@someoneonearthh 4 года назад

Gotta bump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.

@mrpgeert6204 4 года назад

3:38 bruh look left is see a 🐜

@tomnovy3476 3 года назад

You mean right?

@Lefty248 6 лет назад

Love it! Can't wait to see more!

@themilestonelp1524 6 лет назад

So nice to see a new video finally 😀

@tardis2802 6 лет назад

Haha! Finally another video

@arkt1k330 6 лет назад

Anyone know where to get AAC in the US?

@evanjames575 6 лет назад

Aaron McBride Thank god someone with a similar issue. It’s really frustrating that such a simple material is so impossible to find in North America.

@armoured-self 6 лет назад

The internet aka ebay

@lyndajonas1572 5 лет назад

Wal-Mart

@kermit8433 5 лет назад

It's also known as hebel

@dapeekie2091 5 лет назад

Online

@cnov.bikesndrums 6 лет назад

I found one of those golden bull ant queens once, I didn't think I had enough experience to keep them so I just watched it. They're so beautiful!

@dante2179 5 лет назад

No joke your videos are so relaxing to watch

@jor6933 6 лет назад

The most disturbing thing I found was a full on ant war between my favorite species(fire ants and trap jaws), in which they killed anything that got close.

@virusmarc0139 6 лет назад

The most disturbing thing about ants is finding out how big ants can get like driver ants which can grow up to 39 and 50 mm

@lerouxeverson925 6 лет назад

what about bullet ants and army ants

@spamlord7570 6 лет назад

Virus marc013 wtf nothing wrong with it

@yangenting7749 5 лет назад

Le Roux Everson army ants are driver ants

@fuzzywuzzy1916 6 лет назад

Your set up is the best 10 out of 10

@melman4119 6 лет назад

Thank you for this video!

@SampelMSM 5 лет назад

I'm so fascinated about ants I'd love to start a ant hobby "Ants United Kingdom" or "AUK" "Ants UK"

@spontaneouscreativity6858 5 лет назад

Wow that nice

@spontaneouscreativity6858 4 года назад

@Good Puss 3000. wow, pluse amazing channel, good work/vids

@someboddyy2964 6 лет назад

My most disturbing ant discovery, is that it takes so long for a colony to grow...

@nielslabbert2446 5 лет назад

This is awesome dude! I LOVE IT!

@Latuniux 6 лет назад

Great Video quality again! 💪

@100adry3 6 лет назад

4:04 that ant in the corner have a free day?

@matteodv6407 6 лет назад

seems so

@ToastedFanArt 6 лет назад

Lmao I have the same music in a fish tank build video I did a while back. Incompetech.com, right?

@huharry9290 6 лет назад

Toasted Fan Art y r u here

@ToastedFanArt 6 лет назад

Hu Harry I'm a long time fan of this channel (I follow Ants Canada and Nordic Ants too haha) why? do you know me? Lol

@pottingtonpotterypot 6 лет назад

I like the design! Nice

@CarpathianWasteGroup 6 лет назад

I hope you continue your channel i love it sooooo much!

@socialworkers3718 6 лет назад

The most disturbing discovery about ants that I found out was when I mixed up queens which could be mixed like yellow crazy ants They killed some queens and let some be with them Haha long live ant Australia

@ohyeahyeahesketit4105 6 лет назад

The most disturbing thing I found out about ants is that they eat animals I thought they only ate insects edit:by animals I ment cats rabbits you know I thought they only ate like flys or cockroaches stuff like that

@Tomcos22 6 лет назад

Yaboi Snowy insects are animals...

@Airtheteengeneretion 6 лет назад

TomCos no... insects are insects...

@kekree8257 6 лет назад

Aka Ventus No mate, insects are placed within the kingdom animalia, which means they are animals. Insects are arthropods, which means if insects are not aninals, then arthropods like crabs and lobsters are not animals.

@ohyeahyeahesketit4105 6 лет назад

Kek Ree that’s sciency

@saants4406 5 лет назад

I love your videos, Jordan!

@ImKomboShow 6 лет назад

Very awesome tutorial. Thanks! PS: Yours ants bull are beautiful!

@Jaybiiird 6 лет назад

The most distubing thing I've learned about ants is how Vampire ants suck their larvaes blood XD

@rai2984 6 лет назад

The Most Disturbing is probs they EAT THEIR OWN BROOD like wow

@pauldandler6944 4 года назад

great vid bud, u just earned a new sub

@Junjuncabral1976 6 лет назад

It's awesome. Keep up the good work.

@nephilaedulis2073 6 лет назад

Most disturbing thing I find about ants is how they act like robots that are driven for protecting and sustaining their nest at all costs, even if it means their death they'll happily throw their life away to protect the nest