Camponotus herculeanus | Time To Move Nest

In this video, I need to move my ants from their worn-out old nest into a new nest as the hydration has rotted away.
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[@arcturus5224]

Love the camponotus videos. i have a camponotus herculeanus colony myself its a young colony still in the test tube phase.

[@trueyeahf]

me too haha how much workers does yours have?

[@YagyuAdventures]

Loved the video and i learned alot ❤

[@MagerKonijn]

Hey Rob, I love your videos! Thanks for all the effort!

[@antsnetherlands20]

Camponotus ligniperda. Orange-red spot on the first gaster tergite, no micropubescence on the tergites that give C. herculeanus the matte silver appearance, the propodeum in workers is not as angulate, the colour is overall much brighter, the queen is chunky - not narrow like C. herculeanus. Saying "I am sure because I have both and they are different" cannot be justified when you have clearly misidentified these...

[@andrejstevanovic9751]

I have moved the ant colony i found in my house in a trash bag. But now they are all sucpiciously missing. Which means either they all died in the rain or they are back somewhere in my house again...

[@englishfishkeeper2007]

Interesting, I thought your C.herceleanus would've had more workers. Great video btw keep it up

[@khaderkhan190]

C.herc and C.Ligniperdus both European Campos develop quite slow for the first 2 years even in ideal settings I've yet to get a nest over 100 in 2 years. That said going in to 3rd year they usually hit a huge growth boom and go well in to the 300-400 fast. Finding what they really like is also difficult. Had 3 queens from the same swarm and all 3 colonies prefer different things to eat.

[@englishfishkeeper2007]

@@khaderkhan190 I guess that makes sense, but his colony is over 5 years of age

[@RobJsAnts]

Lost a few workers in hibernation this year 😞

[@HappilyEverAnter]

It is so sweet how you helped the queen get her big butt into the tube.

[@Biblebasher89]

I’ve recently had my campo nova queen start roaming the outworld.. I think sadly she’s dying for some unknown reason. I feed them the same as my campo pen and they are booming, but she seems lethargic and not listening to the workers who drag her back time and time again.

[@arashimaru4645]

This is usually a result of stress, try to disturb her as little as possible and leave them in the dark.

[@khaderkhan190]

1:52 ant on the grape, does she have a mite?

[@RobJsAnts]

No I rubbed it off it was grape from when she was fully inside

[@stijncroon9287]

Cool video man

[@RoelNicky]

Hi Rob, long time no videos?

[@denkitney8865]

Great vid' very informative. I have found that any new nest that is 3D printed or cut by a lasor gives off an burnt smell, and ants do not like it! I washed them in hot soapy water and let them air for a few days before using them, this may help them move quicker?

[@seppforcher4714]

Nice ligiperda colony 😂

[@RobJsAnts]

You say that but I have both and there very different when in person side by side

[@seppforcher4714]

@@RobJsAnts This is 100% ligniperda. Clearly visible.

[@pingouinhumain2c145]

@@RobJsAnts I agree with him for me it's clearly a ligniperda. I found both species in the Alpes and it's a ligniperda

[@erikrodriguez7112]

Why sponge? Who not use cotton?

[@IsBorAnts]

nice Camponotus ligniperda colony you got there

[@englishfishkeeper2007]

It's herceleanus

[@IsBorAnts]

@@englishfishkeeper2007 Clearly not. Even if we if ignored the queens looks, you can see red on the gaster of the workers. Either it's a super rare herculeanus morph that looks like ligniperda, or it's just ligniperda.. which one is more likely?

[@englishfishkeeper2007]

@@IsBorAnts mate....it literally says on the video it's herceleanus (no offense)

[@IsBorAnts]

@@englishfishkeeper2007 You can read, good job dude. Rob has the ants IDed wrong, simple as that.

[@antmemes5483]

@@IsBorAnts Lol chill, I did look back at his Vids for a bit i i found a video where he did keep both species in 1 vid. The campo ligni did seem to be larger than herceleanus

[@Torterramain789]

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