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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December 11th 2011
Mites attached to fire ant queens
The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) is an invasive species in the Southern USA, originally being native in South America. The species disperses rapidly and eliminates in the US native insect species respectively native fire ants. Nests can be found nearly everywhere, on cemeteries as well as in private yards or along the streets. The hurtful sting of a worker can cause allergic reactions. To become able to control this ant, all kinds of knowledge about its biology are needed. Not so much is known about cohabitants inside the ant nests. Many arthropods and other small animals are known to be regular coresidents in ant nests. Some studies about the biodiversity in the nests of S. invicta were already done. Often, there is not so much known about the biology of discovered species. Several species of mites live in the fire ant nests. Some belong to the Astigmata. At least 3 species of Histiostomatidae (subgroup of the Astigmata) were discovered. They obviously all represent new species. A colleague and me, weI described Histiostoma blomquisti as a new species. Many details about its biology/ecology are still unknown. We know that the phoretic dispersal stage, the deutonymph, attaches only active queens and female alates (only accidentally sometimes males). Female alates are used as carriers for the phoretic transport. They carry the mites from one nest into a new one. That way they act as a kind of stowaways. They leave the ants inside the nest to continue their …
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September 21st 2011
Black carpenter ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) Canon MVI_7595.MOV
These black carpenter ants (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) rescued pupae after the breaking of a dead branch exposed a section of their nest.
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September 16th 2011
Four Little Ants
If your home has leaks, wet areas, or high indoor humidity, carpenter ants can thrive. If you see carpenter ants in your home soon after the winter snowmelts, you may have a carpenter ant colony. Go to the basement and look at joists under the entrance doors, windows, or porches. Many times these areas have small leaks. You may have to pull back the insulation to look. If you find a small pile of sawdust, look at it carefully. If you see black, shinny specs mixed in with sawdust, carpenter ants are nearby. The main carpenter ant colony, which usually is in a tree or buried tree stump, can have many small satellite colonies of which several can be in your home. If you see flying insects with curved bodies that have two different sized wings, and two curved antenna, you have carpenter ant reproductive trying to find a new moist area in your home to start a new satellite colony. If you see many small translucent wings that are two different sizes in window wells, sills, or floors, in your house may be whispering to you and it is time to call the bug man.
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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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June 30th 2011
How to Get Rid of Invasive Ants in Your Home Permanently — Black Carpenter and More
In this video I share with you how you can get rid of ant infestations permanently (nest and all) using ant baits. You can successful rid your home of these damaging and invasive insects without using harmful spray pesticides and a lot less expensively than using an exterminator. This has worked for me and I know it can work for you. So whether you have the tiny ones or the big black carpenter ants, including those with wings, these will work for you if you follow my recommendation for usage.Please remember to subscribe because I have so much more to come; something helpful and of interest to everyone. Thanks so much for viewing! To purchase a YouTips4U custom-designed T-Shirt please click here: cgi.ebay.com To visit me at my blogspot, please click here: www.youtips4u.blogspot.com
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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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March 5th 2011
how to get rid of carpenter ants in the house and garden naturally
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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 16th 2011
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter ants (Camponotus vagus) are perhaps the largest ants in Europe, up to a centimetre long. This video looks at a colony in SW France.
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