All you need to know about Tetraponera rufornigra

[@ballsach8864]

How is this channel not more popular... this video is hours worth of editing. Hope you gain popularity

[@DavidFoo93]

thank u so much for your support. everyone have to start somewhere soon, there's no exception for me.. if you like my channel, share it with your friends. really appreciate your kind words.

[@BrainFreezeMC]

i hope you keep growing @@DavidFoo93

[@lewisistic]

I thought I was the only one uploading videos of this species on youtube . good video keep it up

[@ANTASIA_07]

🐜🐜❤️✌️👌 I rarely find tetraponera ants

[@typhonarindamdraco7811]

This ants are everywhere in our house . We have to kill them because of their painful sting .

[@weizhang5968]

Beautiful ants, beautiful nest

[@bappyvai]

This is my native ant. We call it majali in Bangladesh. I really liked this video. Just needed audio improvement. ❤

[@arjuneol]

This video deserves more likes

[@Canadian_BushWookie]

Is it a bare bottom or do you have any sort of soil?

[@axldlimas7554]

Thank you David❤️

[@edmondgoh84]

What temperature do you keep them in?

[@DavidFoo93]

Room temperature malaysia

[@discoveryboy4921]

What is the width of the test tube

[@DavidFoo93]

15mm diameter

[@epicplayerboss]

This colony do not need to water and maintain the humidity right ? They like very Low humidity

[@heh8908]

Can you add another queen to the ant colony after the old queen has died?

[@sagardey2019]

I know this species very well. Searching for a bite video of this 🤣🤣

[@lmcdasc]

Much better

[@DavidFoo93]

Do help me to share this video around. Will appreciate it and also to spread ant love.. haha

[@itikswag783]

I'm not sure if I am asking this question to a right person.. I apologize if the question is quite disturbing.. There a lot of T.Rufonigra ant crawling outside of my house.. I've been stung like more than twice a month.. and really need to put an end to this.. is there a way to destroy their colony and what should i do? I am sorry.. i didn't hate them but its too much too handle

[@DavidFoo93]

Hi, i completely understand your frustration because just life anybody else in this world, i kill ants too. Hahaha. This species love honey a lot. You can try mixing ant poison into honey and feed it to them. They should be nesting inside of some branches of some huge trees. Once they drink up all the poisoned honey, they should be dead in a day or 2. This always works for me with the feral ants in my area, but i haven't yet this with Tetraponera yet. You can try it and let me know of the result.

[@DavidFoo93]

Don't forget to mix a huge batch of poisoned honey for them because the colony might be very big. The queen must die in order for the entire colony to die. A small batch might not be enough to kill the entire colony. Btw, if you are from Malaysia, you can try pestasia's ant eco bait. U can get it from shopee.

[@Floppy21]

Hi antsdiy! Can you please tell my how to identify a queen tetraponera from a tetraponera worker? Thx.

[@DavidFoo93]

hi, if you are referring to Tetraponera rufonigra, the queen got both it's petiole orange, while the workers are one black, one orange. But if you referring to Tetraponera in general (all other Tetraponera spp are black), then you need to check her wing scars. Queen ants have larger thorax as there are wing muscles in it. Hope this is helpful.

[@Floppy21]

@@DavidFoo93 thank you for the information i appreciate it!

[@nakkonakko6208]

Hi i have a big colony thats prodicing males females would the mate together

[@DavidFoo93]

It depends on the species though. Some species such as BCA can mate within the colony. But usually others cannot.

[@nakkonakko6208]

@@DavidFoo93 tetraponera rufonigra got a verry big colony 3 years old lots workers queen is huge and prodicing fenales and males some one told me they mate with eachother

[@DavidFoo93]

No they don't. If they can mate within the colony, then there won't be nuptial flight for them and we won't be able to catch any queen in the wild then.

[@nakkonakko6208]

@@DavidFoo93 thanks friend for your response mine are doing great my big colony is growing and growing i will show you

[@DavidFoo93]

@@nakkonakko6208 i would love to see the colony. You may join antsdiy discord server to chat more and share your colonies there. discord.gg/RkHHQsFY

[@yslee4770]

I found 2 queen within 1 mtn… maybe my place is near a colony

[@DavidFoo93]

Not likely so. Probably they are just attracted to the lights in your house

[@ANTASIA_07]

🐜🐜❤️❤️👍👍✌️💪

[@xmilian505]

I saw a similar species its the same genus but the ants are jet black

[@DavidFoo93]

Tetraponera sp are all black. Rufonigra is the only bicolor species in the Tetraponera genus.

[@rasidirasib9533]

just know its name after keep searching. I found this ant live behind my home. it sting so painful and leave scar mark on my skin.

[@sornojannat5565]

🇧🇩🇧🇩 these ants are in Bangladesh

[@Hung_Vuu]

U need better microphone

[@DavidFoo93]

This is an old video. Got a better mic now..