January 13th 2012

Fire Ants In a Plaster Ant Farm

A newly growing fire ant colony makes its home in my plaster ant farm. An enormous amount of brood can be observed.

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August 31st 2011

Huge Carpenter Ants Vs. Mealworm.MP4

While foraging for food the large red and black ants discover a mealworm and make quick work of the biting hard shelled adversary. The worm is then later fed to the larvae back inside the colony.

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March 3rd 2011

How to Remove Cotton from Old Test Tubes – AntsCanada Tutorial #3

A tutorial on how to remove cotton from old test tubes used to house your queens and starting colonies, because we know you all have had this problem at one point or another! Visit www.AntsCanada.com for all your ant goodies and all original formicaria for the loving care of your pet ants! Join us at THE ULTIMATE ANTS & MYRMECOLOGY Facebook Group and connect to serious Ant Keepers from around the world www.facebook.com

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February 13th 2011

Carpenter ants as pets?

I have two carpenter ant queens and they have over 30 eggs and larvae and i’m planning on putting them in a large cage i got and i was wondering if they need any special treatment compared to burrowing ants?

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January 25th 2011

Taking a look at a Large Red Carpenter Ant colony.

In this video you will find the eclosing(hatching of a worker) of a worker and a tour through one of my larger Carpenter ant colonies. I show each chamber and explain a bit about the colony and the chambers along the way.

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July 3rd 2010

Her Majesty, The Termite Queen

Journey to the center of the…termite nest? Hard to believe this termite queen will produce almost 165 million eggs in her lifetime!

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