This guy always spreads false information and pretends to know what he’s talking about. Ants are extremely aggressive, coordinated, and adaptable. They rarely loose against other insects. The only other insects that kill ants is other ants.
Another reason wasps don’t just kill the ants but instead flies them away is because an injured or dead ant gives off different pheromones than a live ant and if the wasp doesn’t completely kill the ant then its pheromones will attract the ant’s sisters who will finish the job
@@adamgardner28 I am a big fan of his channel. That being said I think he just puts on a show about what to do an not to do. Not all of us ant keepers have time an money like he does. So wild cought insects are a good source of free food for my pets.
@@racheltyree4879 yes I is fun/funny to watch them go crazy. The hives I give them are pest hives. Witch would have been poison an infected many other out side colony's. So I spend 10mins to take the hive an feed it to my ants
Ants literally destroy wasp hives daily for their larvae, Wasps have NEVER beaten ants in a war. Wasps can 1v1 ants, but with ants its never a 1v1. The only insects that can fight ants, is other ants.
I argue termites as well if the colony is big enough. Termites can have millions and millions of workers, something which not really other insects do other than ants. Heck I believe the largest hive for bees and wasps only gets to half a million
@@aeronight5871 Yes, but termites are capable of fighting back. Not to mention their basically the only other social insect that can have colonies of over a million workers. The largest hive only got to half a million which I said before. Not to mention, a termite colony is WAY harder to put down. Termite colonies have both a queen and a king. If either of them dies, the colony can just get another king or queen. Not sure what would happen if they kill both of them tho.
The funny thing is that wasps and ants are both members of the order Hymenoptera, so they both have a lot in common. I confess I'm with the ants, and bees (another Humenopteran) this time. Curiously, male ant elates, who's job it is to fertilize queen ant elates during the nuptial flight, tend to resemble wasps. They die after mating.
There is also a theory that once a male ant does its purpose, it doesn't simply die. It just ceases to be seen as a fellow member of the colony on top of not really being compelled to be part of it... and in a microverse that makes that the only thing protecting ants... they die from being food of other bugs, including non-mating members of its former colony. "Oh, thanks for the baby batter. You are no longer needed, so... we excommunicate you and declare you an enemy. Goodbye."
Ant dont always lose and infact, they will almost always win wars. Army ants, namely eciton and dorylus(some of the clips in this video also contained eciton and dorylus), march somewhat like an actual army and are very numerous, hence the name army ants. Eciton are known to make bridges to wasp nests and even with so many ants creating the bridge, they can still overcome the nests
They never lose. They win or they merely give up. Ants ravage Wasp nests daily to eat their Larvae. The only insects that could win a war against ants are Termites and other Ants.
The reason why the weaver ants lost in the example is mainly because of the face that their nest got destroyed prior to the battle. Also collony size matters a lot
After watching, I would not agree that ants are losing the wars. Your just kinda counting isolated incidents or specific wasps that evolved to be parasites to ants. Like my major counter is the vast majority ants don’t actually have large nests, but fire ants, Argentinian ants, and army ants have super colonies in the hundreds of millions each. Army ants specifically will hunt wasps and completely wipe out there nests entirely.
It depends, overall wasps a tually win more often then not, whenever these types of wars happen, usually owing to their far superior Maneuverability and individual strength, but it’s also important to note these wars usually don’t happen at all actual colony wars are rare because the cost involved is just not worth it to either species, that’s why wasps in particular have evolved so many ways to just keep the ants elsewhere it’s not worth fighting them most of the time.
@@Lh0000 some ants can block the hills entrants or even *because pheromones* form a tactical position if it is 1v1 then the ant loses but if it is both hives ants will win due to their numbers.
@@Serjo777 Loppers: A tool like a giant pair of scissors, but large thick metal "Jaws" which can cut off tree branches. Handles are long, with a fulcrum (pivot point) farther away from the person so that leverage is increased to clip, or lop off unwanted growth (pruning.)
Yes, and it was just a small part of weaver ant colony who were highly outnumbered by wasps and this guy used this example as why ants always lose war.
Good vid, but I dont thinkthat one was an 'accidental' happening. I've watched a similar, maybe even the same footage on some insect wars channel. It was pretty clear that people made them clash with each other...for contents.
@@Laopteryx Of course, I know that. but if you have the time, you might also search for the said footage. But its similar to what WATOP did here. First an unrelated footage of maybe storm or strong winds, then the awkwardly thrown some leaf cutters ant nest into a wasp nest. And proceed to the 'war'. Don't get me wrong, I love the video itself, but if it didn't happen by chance, the enjoyment I had from watching it leaves a sour aftertaste.
Wasps - hmm wings are awesome, queen! Make sure everyone get wings! Ants - hmm wings are awesome, queen! Only give wings to the ants that an hero after some rule 34 with another colony Not that not having wings has ever stopped the worker ants
My last apartment ("hardwood" laminate floors) had a persistent ant problem, with VERY clear highways across the floor. It always bothered me to have to keep killing them, so (and I swear to Christ everything I'm about to say is true) out of SPITE, just to make the food chain obvious to them, I started half-killing the soldiers, getting them to spread panic/danger pheromones and then left the corpses to sit in the same spot as emphasis. I noticed the next day that the dead ant bodies had been moved about a foot away, so I pushed them back to where the ant had died. Same thing the next day, and the day after that... the ant corpses kept getting moved out of the way, so I kept putting them back while (and it hurt me a little to do so) fatally maiming one or two every day for like a week AND THEN THEY WENT AWAY AND I NEVER SAW ANOTHER ANT IN MY APARTMENT.
Chemical warfare works against them too. Spread cinnamon on their trails. If you can find the nest, douse it in cinnamon and stir it up. They'll run out, get coated in the spice, and then turn on each other since they no longer recognize their scents.
It seems like the aphid population might be an issue until you realize that the mofos literally clone themselves (not kidding) at will by the crapton. They just go 'hey, the branch I'm living on is a little lonely...How about a little more of ME on it?' Then, they proceed to just crap out a bunch of mini-mes out of their butt and play some Aphid Mario Kart because it's a party now.
WATOP: This Is Why Ants Always Lose Wars Army ants: *literally killing adult snakes 1000s of times their size* So yeah I'd say ants are doing fine. Not to mention he literally linked a previous video called 'This is Why All Insects Are Afraid of Ants' with its' thumbnail being an ant killing a wasp. You know, the exact opposite of THIS videos' whole point.
@@Axxxel_in_Harlem he’s just pointing out the click bait hypocrisy. If you are trying to police the RU-vid comment section, you need the chill pill lol
@@Axxxel_in_Harlem Imagine watching other people's content to find things to criticize, while not having content of their own. lol, you won't stop them, ignoring them works best.
"Scouts" are not a specific caste in the ant colony. Additionally, ants possess a lot more intelligence than you give them credit for. They have extremely good navigational skills and it is very hard for them to get lost. They have complex search patterns that they use to locate their nest when lost. They can also use the sun, moon, and stars to navigate. They are actually one of the most intelligent animals, with the entire colony having the collective intelligence of a human child.
Well, they more of are intelligent as a whole. They need teamwork to have that "Intelligence", because all of their "smart actions" they do are caused by chemicals released by each other. A solo ant is a dead ant. An ant with team is a smart ant. That's how it works. They can't live without each other, and I mean that quite literally
@@U_Go_Boom Intelligence can only get you so far when you're that small and vulnerable. Especially as an insect. You think our world of mammals is cruel? The insect world is a living nightmare compared to what mammals and amphibians have, but yes they are quite intelligent from what studies have shown
@@HowlingDeath375 I study ants and insects in general and I can agree with you. They have it a lot harder than us. But that just comes to show you how they are so well adapted at surviving since they have been hardened b this for over 145 million years (I am talking about ants there). And you can see this in the amazing feats they are able to pull off. Like you said, one ant alone is pretty useless, but together they are able to form complex societies with social castes, divisions of labor, and methods of communication (both pheramonal and vocal). That is why I find them so fascinating.
@@ignisspiritustenebris7137 wars have been fought over a literal bucket before. Conflict is simply part of our nature and even in a perfect world with no scarcity people would make up reasons to fight just to avoid boredom
@@UnholyWrath3277 i disagree. The war over the oaken bucket was a byproduct of a longstanding conflict that already existed due to encroaching imperialism/territorial expansion. If there was no scarcity of anything, the vast majority of people would logically understand that conflict would lead to unnecessary loss. No scarcity=no communities or need to cooperate for anything. We'd all just be hyper individualistic and stationary instead of nomadic.
Wasps on their own, away from their nests are super chill. I often just pick them up and bring them to a window to let them go. Sometimes they've been trapped for too long and need a little food before they go. I give them little bits of honey and they leave. They don't build nests around the house either
I can't differenciate if most of the pictures are real or if you edited them, pretty convincing... your editing skills are top notch. I like your videos by the way.
@@opinanlosjovenesrd3477 whoaaa, I completely forgot about that. I hope I don't get eaten away by the Larva. Btw, I belong to team "ants" 😝✌️. I can't believe the fact that there are sooo many things going on in the world and I'm talking about taking sides either ants or wasps at youtube comments 😝✌️
Excellent work. I have been studying meat eating fungi that hunt both wasps and ants in my backyard. They are very different in how they approach a wasp to an ant.
@@resurrectedhelicoprion I know! Ants are a dominant species around the globe and wasps are just a stinging household pest that gets exterminated by ants 100 times a day.
For anyone who is curious, the ant in the clickbait thumbnail is Colobopsis explodens, and its head naturally looks like that, its just that channel photoshopped that wasp in.
