December 2nd 2011
Fire Ant Volcano!!!
Just take some baking soda and some vinegar and poke a hole in a fire ant hill and watch the magic happen!
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June 29th 2011
Fun with Fireants – Part 2
Here’s the sequel to my popular “Fun with Fireants” video. In this one, I use some more firecrackers, lots of hot-glue, and eventually boil them.
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June 14th 2011
Giant Red Fire Ant Hill With Thousands of Ants!!
June 3rd 2011
Ants vs Termites: The Showdown(now with epic music)
This high-quality video show the raid of a termite hill by an army of ants. Its a compilation, so even if this attack is fictional, all those events have been recorded without any modification(ants and termites are fighting since 200 millions years) Here is the link of the music used: www.youtube.com (musics compiled by DragonStarDT)
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June 26th 2010
BBC Home Making: Termites
Termites build one of the most sophisticated homes in all animals and insects. Jeez, they have a better cooling system than i do or at least a more environment friendly one. hehe. Extra info on Termites : As eusocial insects, termites live in colonies that, at maturity, number from several hundred to several million individuals. They are a prime example of decentralised, self-organised systems using swarm intelligence and use this cooperation to exploit food sources and environments that could not be available to any single insect acting alone. A typical colony contains nymphs (semi-mature young), workers, soldiers, and reproductive individuals of both genders, sometimes containing several egg-laying queens. Termites has one of the most complex of house making techniques. It is called a Mound. In tropical savannas the mounds may be very large, with an extreme of 9 metres (30 ft) high in the case of large conical mounds constructed by some Macrotermes species in well-wooded areas in Africa. The sculptured mounds sometimes have elaborate and distinctive forms, such as those of the compass termite (Amitermes meridionalis & A. laurensis) which build tall wedge-shaped mounds with the long axis oriented approximately north-south. This orientation has been experimentally shown to help in thermoregulation. The column of hot air rising in the above ground mounds helps drive air circulation currents inside the subterranean network. The structure of these mounds can be quite complex …
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March 12th 2010
Invasive Fire Ants Lose Heads to Flies
Discovery-News.com: Of all the methods being used to fight a fire ant invasion in the Southeast, this one might be the grossest. James Williams takes some heat to get the story. For more science news stories, check out www.discovery-news.com
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