Caring for a SOCIAL PARASITE ant queen - Lasius fuliginosus

Finally!
I've had some amazing vacation this summer. But i haven´t been able to make content :( had no computer only my phone to reply you guys questions and comments! But finally i came home and i could finally continue doing something i love :D.
This video is about the keeping social parasite queen ants! It´s by my opinion the most amazing way of starting your colony. Very exciting and touching at the same time. This video is all about that when we shift from antkeeping basic education but at the same time following the complex journey when i managed to successfully raise the killer of killerqueen ants. A jet ant queen! I even had to take extra measurements, opening cocoons myself. So please sit back, relax and enjoy this emotional yet educational(might be a little crazy) video produced by Nordic Ants!
Still Reading description? Right, have you counted all the times i said the word "amazing" in the video? If you have any more feedback PLEASE comment :) it helps alot!
Many quality photos: www.alexanderwild.com
Have a fANTastic day,
Nordic Ants

[@andreasurace4386]

It’s a shame to see this guy is still quite under-rated 2 years later, he makes great content.

[@TaraW1977]

Ants Sydney’s know right

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Great video! Haven't heard a whole lot of success stories when it comes to the raising of parasitic species. You make it look easy! :D

[@nordicants6232]

Ants Australia you make antkeeping look easy for people with iq 10 ;) hahah Thank you anyways, very appreciated! Have a fANTastic day

[@JordanDeanFilms]

haha you and your puns :p

[@Sv-eg2fy]

So many ant youtubers here

[@uniants9753]

Ants Australia can I into nordic (ques which country I am)

[@sirdevy7101]

Oh wow my two favourite channels, (excluding AntsCanada)

[@jusuakun]

Yoshikage Kira and his stand - Hmmmm... Interesting

[@sonicszuetomyt5448]

YES! _it is_ !

[@KARATE_LOVER9]

Killer queen

[@kempo79]

Nice video - but you are wrong. L. fuliginosus doesn't kill host queen. Since chthonolasius are monogynous, L. fuliginosus queen just convinces them with pheromones she's the rightful ruler and workers kill their own mother. In other words - she isn't a killer ant. :)

[@nordicants6232]

That is debatable! Not a fact ;-) i think the opposite. Nature may be specialized but your option i think is too complex, but who kmows

[@insectsNL]

This is also wrong: Lasius fuliginosus enters a colony that hasn't a queen for a while . That is what I've read on the internet.

[@notdark2526]

insectsNL you are also wrong, you can't just believe what's on the internet. Research first

[@insectsNL]

Sam Woo I know not everything on the internet is true, but I,ve read this now for a few times, so there is a great chance this is true. It's very difficult to experuence this by yourself, so this is an assumption....

[@chrispresnell1209]

Then why would she have large mandibles?

[@harryaurelian]

you put too many eggs in there for one queen to handle, brood boosting should only be done when you have at least 5-10 workers even then only do up to 60 eggs should have gave her 10 cocoons and made sure they were workers and then gave her more i've done this with Myrmecia and i have a colony of hundreds not sure but maybe 250-350

[@nordicants6232]

For larvae yes, but cocoons only requires to be opened, where one ant can easily manage up to 20 or more cocoons each!

[@your_average_blanket_lover3732]

Wait myrmecia as in bull ants or did you mean myrmica,European red ant?

[@luckystocki2592]

Pretty big colony for myrmecia

[@luckystocki2592]

I have 1 camponotus ligniperdus then with about 70-100workers 1 myrmica sp 500 workers then I have fromica sp. with about 20 workers and another 40 Lasius flavus Queens, then I have about 10 Lasius niger

[@kevindad7890]

glad to be part of the original crowd man. in a few years flat your channel will be as big as ants canada today

[@dianemcintire7850]

I love your videos and I will support them till the end

[@jamesmontanus7873]

what a video man you blew my mind!

[@nordicants6232]

Ants International Thank you maaan! Waiting for your colonyupdate stream:D have a fANTastic day

[@mehmet24a]

Great close-up videos!

[@brandonhvacants2217]

Your videos are amazing man

[@hugofrost2801]

Great vid. Never stop making vids!

[@nordicants6232]

FriendlyAnts ahhaaha i wish :D thank you!

[@garkisbloodlust9234]

Awesome video!!!

[@Stroomschok]

Congrats on the fuliginosus colony.

[@nordicants6232]

IMPORTANT EDIT: Semi claustral queens DO need food. Dont know why i said the contrary.... While you have read this i might mention that om not proud of my sumo joke... sooo bad D: haha

[@arrow1510]

Nordic Ants will you be creating a website?

[@nordicants6232]

Arrow to soon for me to know. But i may consider it in the future :D

[@RareEpicness]

Nordic Ants You're back!

[@nordicants6232]

Rare_Epicness of course! Now on i will make a video every two weeks maybe every week when im more free.

[@veebuk8522]

Nordic Ants like

[@rohithvkrishnan5269]

Awsome video mate

[@nordicants6232]

The Indian Antkeeper Thank you alot! Appreciated :)

[@antsglobal5938]

Great video.

[@littlenatureinsects4698]

Nice video !!

[@Jaybiiird]

You should keep some sort of Polyrhachis and if possible, Polyrhachis cyaniventris. They are such an amazing species!! Another species to consider is the Asian Weaver ant!

[@nordicants6232]

Zbionix / Caleb H. Absolutely! :D

[@proletariatpashka1956]

wow I wish I could turn wood into Cartoons!

[@stondnc8089]

Really really glad I found this channel!! Alot better than seeing someone pouring molten aluminum into their home!!

[@nordicants6232]

Glad to hear! :D

[@oilopossum7558]

FIN NAL LY Its ok to go to vacation BUT now no mercy! >:) missed your videos

[@nordicants6232]

Oil Opossum No mercy! I hope i wont dissapoint you ;)

[@Thaumatichthys]

I recently caught what seems to be a Formica obscuripes queen, so how would you try to make it found a colony?

[@antsbc8684]

+Nordic Ants please keep us updated on this colony!

[@nordicants6232]

Ants BC i reaaally wish i could! But i gave it away When going to Thailand :( maybe after one year if possible

[@antsbc8684]

+Nordic Ants oh nooo, that sucks.

[@sonicszuetomyt5448]

Queen ant already touched the doorknob.

[@ysbrandd]

Dude i would loooooovvvvvvveeeeeeeee too have a lasius fuliginosus, i think they're soooooo cool

[@dave_e4430]

Do you know if the Lasius fuliginosus can bite through Ytong,plastic glass or Concrete?? (BDW awsome video!!)

[@vibrantcat683]

you should of made a callow farm and then you would have no deaths basically you keep the pupae and the workers in one test tube and whenever a new callow (freshly emerged worker) hatches introduce her to the queen and after 3-5 workers introduce around 10 pupae to the queen

[@cassieworwood22]

COOL QUEEN

[@piedjee2806]

Nice Video!!!

[@nordicants6232]

Piedjee thank you :)! Appreciated

[@cynthiahanna3212]

around 8:57 to the right of the queen there is a dark cacoon... and it's moving.... and for some reason... its a little unsettling.

[@nordicants6232]

It is :( damn queen let the rot in her cocoons :(

[@HeyItsThattGuy]

They turn wood into cartoons!

[@nordicants6232]

Hahahhaha! xD got it!

[@tysonmitchell8662]

I always wanted one of those queens

[@drant8889]

Ty for all thet info it rly help me what u mean by bleck ants lucias nigar?or some other

[@skippy8727]

Dude I love your videos! I know you are in the middle of a move right now but please post new videos!

[@nordicants6232]

James McDaniel have a Look around 5 center european time today ;)

[@nordicants6232]

Thanks alot btw for both the understanding and feedback!

[@lettussy]

The picture of L. umbratus queen was actually L. latipes.

[@davidtimothy5804]

Please keep another odontomachus sp colony, i love them

[@nordicants6232]

David Timothy remeber to vote in the next vid then :D

[@southwestantchannel7943]

nice video man. i have large larvae in 2 of my first colonies

[@nordicants6232]

Southwest Ant Channel amazing man! Dont forget i can reply to any questions you may have concerning antkeeping :)

[@southwestantchannel7943]

Nordic Ants thank you. i am documenting my journey into antkeeping on youtube if u have a chance maybe u might have a idea on possible spp. of my queens

[@nordicants6232]

Southwest Ant Channel i would definetly say formica! Like fusca ect, they all have the same care :D good jobbon those queens!

[@southwestantchannel7943]

Nordic Ants nice thank you i do appreciate it. good luck with ur antkeeping adventure in Thailand

[@viralvibinn]

AWESOME VIDEO

[@nordicants6232]

Ants Multinational Thank you :D have a fANTastic day!

[@warriorofsparta777]

+Nordic Ants get Compunotus gigas

[@warriorofsparta777]

+Nordic Ants or you can also get golden ants pleas get one of the two

[@nordicants6232]

Warrior of Esparta ok! Great choices ;) will Look if they are native

[@He_Grows]

How did the colony get on in the end?

[@leftron8408]

Aperently this queen lives in my backyard do you know when the flight time is? Would love to find one of those greetings

[@winningorlearning]

do you need some sort of permit or license to keep exotic ants? I always thought they would get stopped by customs.

[@T-DsGaming]

Not to keep them but to ship them across state lines and borders is illegal almost every where beause of invasive species and all.

[@AntsMierenAvonturen]

awesome video i have a parasitic colony myselfe its hard to raise these ants i never saw any eggs yet! i have a Lasius Umbratus colony. You have some information about these species of ants? i would love for you to make a video about these ants :) Greets Ant's Mieren Avonturen

[@nordicants6232]

Ant's Mieren Avonturen yes i have an umbratus colony :D could def make a video about them!

[@AntsMierenAvonturen]

Great i cant wait to see that video! :) Resect!

[@damirgrah6209]

Actually the darker cacoons might eclose that happened to m because my lasius queen removed the cacoon only from the darker eggs

[@nordicants6232]

Damir Grah yes! That how it is supposed to be :) But i didnt want to take the risk

[@-sunny3619]

I guess I just catched a Lasius fuliginosus...now I don't know what to do with it in my tube I only had Lasius neglectus and flavus before :(

[@rayanbari3468]

Hi :) I was wondering how you knew that the pupae was ready to eclose?

[@nordicants6232]

It had darkened :D

[@zenri5363]

At 10:24 the cacoon to the right of the queen is moving

[@nordicants6232]

+zenri Lane yes! Good eye

[@bigbobby-yf8wu]

Do you keep formica rufa/pratensis?

[@nordicants6232]

I have a rufa colony with two queens! and yesterday i caught a polyergus queen! you? :)

[@anttrails9554]

How is this queen today ?

[@glitchy_boi1461]

She's a Killer Queen Gunpowder Gelatin Dynamite and the laser beam Garrenteed to blow your mind

[@StarlightEater]

Big fuckin time bud, great video much love from Detroit, usa 👍✌😎

[@randommemesweekly4417]

Im going to try to raise a parasitic ant queen myself!

[@nordicants6232]

Great! Its a challenge :D

[@randommemesweekly4417]

Nordic Ants i wasn’t expecting a reply from you, also parasitic ants seem cool!

[@gordonnoack115]

Which sp. Is at 2.25?

[@ShieniLicksOnLemons]

I recently found two different ant species living peacefully right next to each other, I don't know what their actual English names (I live in Finland) are but let's just say hive ants and sugar ants, the hive ants are the ones that build those huuuuuuge mounds as nests and the sugar ants are small black ants that, for what I've seen, build their nests underground. The sugar ants have their nest right next to the road and half a meter away the hive ants have their nest building up against a birch tree. I think some humans should learn from ants because they can't live with other people while ants can deal with a whole 'nother species living with them.

[@nordicants6232]

+Trash King the Mighty Ruler of Garbage Town amazing observation, thought and conclusion! But we may not learn from the slavemaking ants dough.. Have a fANTastic day

[@ShieniLicksOnLemons]

Nordic Ants that's true 😂 another thing I think we should learn from them is that they don't have capitalism! Capitalism is like a lowkey slavery system after all...

[@daunitasaunders158]

Where's the update at, did she ever start a colony

[@assassins3627]

I personally love meat ants and trap jaw ants..I currently bought a trapjaw queen with 5 workers and I'm searching for meat ant queen to purchase, please help me if you find one.Thanks

[@Unkow-gx7zd]

What species of queen is it

[@totoff92]

you should have sorted out the coccons first as it was obvious that there were also male cocoons. Once you have put aside the male cooons its easier.

[@nordicants6232]

chris imbee yes! An unforgettable mistake :/ it was hard to distinguish them when i got the cocoons dough..

[@totoff92]

i could see them from at first glimps on your video..the difference in size is noticeable..never mind..hope shes doing well

[@nordicants6232]

chris imbee yes of course when you think about it! But it was a first for my getting princes.. Well Well thank you anyways :D keep giving feedback, it really helps

[@jackiebillotte3526]

Maybe this is pointless, but if the queen kills/provokes the death of another colonie's queen, she actually has a cool name: hyperparasitic. Weird entomology fact. Wasps are notorious for having hyperparasitic species that are sorta the enemy of my enemy for a lot of insects.

[@nordicants6232]

WOW! Amazing info, thanks for the hypercool comment :-)

[@stinkymeow2840]

Wow, they can turn the wood into cartoon!

[@nordicants6232]

Yes! Amazing right?

[@stinkymeow2840]

Bruh, how ignorant are you? You said that wood can turn into a cartoon which (by definition) makes no sense.

[@a_lucientes]

How ignorant are you ? lol He said _carton._ Why how's your Swedish? (I hope for ur sake, u'r 12).

[@seashell8913]

I can't find brood for my formica obscuripes! :(

[@tabletopcolony1065]

Please consider keeping diacamma or polyrhachis species

[@nordicants6232]

Empire Of Ants nice suggestions!!! Remember to vote in the next video :)

[@someoneveryclever]

Why do you remove the male alates? It's not like they will harm the colony.

[@nordicants6232]

SomeoneVeryClever they consume(eat) without providing anything. It betters the chance of survival of the colony :/ But i get What your thinking!

[@joshuaspath6923]

i love ant keeping because they're much more low mainteince then a dog or cat but just as fun

[@nordicants6232]

Absolutely! I couldn't agree more

[@Passarium-1195]

Keep trap jaw ants

[@nordicants6232]

Larry Passaro i just caught a trap jaw queen today :D

[@Sv-eg2fy]

I keep messer barburas redhead

[@shrimbb4613]

0:36 what species of ant is that?

[@ShrimpsTonic]

Lasius fuliginosus

[@antsusa215]

Lasius Claviger is flying here. Its the north american parasitic queen. My Camponotus has two pupaes!

[@nordicants6232]

AntsUSA amazing man! Keep us updated and contribute to the antkeepingcommunity!

[@antsusa215]

Will do. Sorry for the lack of uploads

[@thijnjanssen7924]

So was the queen you catched Lasius fuliginosus?

[@nordicants6232]

Yeah!

[@a_lucientes]

Did you make the move yet>?

[@andreamontechiarini]

Oh! I caught a queen once but I didn't know she was a parasite queen so I put her alone in a test tube and she died );

[@nordicants6232]

Andy Montechiarini saaad :( better luck next time!! :D

[@randomant7651]

camponotus gigas or carebara castanea (there beautiful species).

[@nordicants6232]

Random Ant ok very nice! Thank you

[@eltoolthetermesantkeeper3536]

macrotermes malaccensis xD no joke try to keep oecophylla smaragdina it's a very cool ant species

[@eltoolthetermesantkeeper3536]

or try to get carebara castanea and have them they are pretty cool but very hard to have as pet

[@nordicants6232]

eltool the termesant keeper ok! Oecophylla is cool, will Look up the other one :)

[@eltoolthetermesantkeeper3536]

Okay

[@eltoolthetermesantkeeper3536]

But wait how will you do your ant plantarium now? A exotic one? :)

[@eltoolthetermesantkeeper3536]

*paludarium

[@leventem218]

I caught that queen a day ago but i didn't know that it was a parasitic queen i'll do the same as you.

[@ElIa600]

Nice job with the L. Fuligenosus queen. But I think it was a little to complicated ? I started 2 of them and both just with about 100 workers and brood (50 pupea) for the first one and around 30 for the sec and some pupea. I simplely by put the queen in a Testtube and the worker in a another testtube than I conected both with a drinking straw and waited. Both of them got accepted. Now the workers just have to get along with the new workers and everything gonna be okey. But nice video anyways. But I would like if u stop being like AC and just more about ant and stuff :) .

[@nordicants6232]

Elia Polster nice that your care about my content! Very appreciated! Hmm yes that is a very easy introduction that may be working great! But in antkeeping you never know... antqueens have personalities ;) hmm the point about AC ressemblance intrigues me as i try not to copy... haha please give me examples and i would be very thankful! As always have a fANTastic day :)

[@Kentuckyants-shorts]

We have yellow Centella ants

[@willowtan7113]

Green tree weaver ants

[@nordicants6232]

Willowtan Lots of requests for this species! I will def have them in the poll! :D Thank you for your participation

[@brutusbrutalus8457]

Get a Camponotus gigas! One of the biggest ants!

[@nordicants6232]

Brutus Brutalus yes! I def want them too :)

[@PurringWhiskers]

Umm You see I've been raising my own queen ant called the domymerex Bi-colour (if I said that right-) so uhh are they easy to raise? / I need an urgent answer anyone can reply if I ain't pressuring yall /

[@messorpets7358]

Yeah weaver

[@jslee948]

Try camponotus gigas

[@eliasa2318]

Lol so special

[@solsolsolomon]

I caught 2 parasitic lasius queens, but I have no other Lasius =(

[@nordicants6232]

Sol Noury go get some cocoons from a wild colony! :) do you mind telling me what species?

[@solsolsolomon]

Okay!

[@solsolsolomon]

its Claviger, I believe

[@nordicants6232]

Sol Noury Nice! Try do same as i do in the video :D

[@solsolsolomon]

ok!

[@m.silverberg]

i caught a queen from this species

[@mdzulhilman7053]

the 2nd is camponotus the 3rd is weaver ants

[@thebugboy8513]

You dare call an ant fringing

[@gamerlegendslays1532]

12:10 he said subscribers, followers or wateber lolll

[@noahcallins4595]

Were they successful?

[@nordicants6232]

Noah Callins yes!

[@noahcallins4595]

Nordic Ants sweet. I have a paristic Formica and she's opened 2 cocoons!

[@Passarium-1195]

I have a lasius claviger queen

[@nordicants6232]

Larry Passaro Nice! Have you introduced her yet?

[@Passarium-1195]

+Nordic Ants yes I did

[@playlistacademy103]

Amazing! If you need any free music for your videos, come browse through the playlist's i have, i think they would really improve your content!

[@GodsGladiator]

Leaving the home of Snus :(

[@nordicants6232]

Sad :(

[@sokar2343]

Meeeooowwwwww

[@m0xr0x]

go for Harpegnathos Venator & Polyergus Samurai

[@nordicants6232]

yalper hmm is Polyergus native to Thailand?

[@m0xr0x]

they might be. they r native to russia, china, korea & japan. china is just some km north of thailand and korea & japan r even more in the east.

[@reyhanarsya3958]

Dinosaur ant or bullet ant please

[@kimandersen3554]

The bullet ant

[@marcustandylee5966]

lasius ambratus is just like a ghost ants, if u squish them, they will smell horrible

[@nordicants6232]

Marcus Lee Hahaha But this species smells quite good :D

[@enkiimuto1041]

Wait, on the fridge?

[@nordicants6232]

In* !

[@mussellpixelberg8693]

KIRA QUEEN

[@ming8547]

BITE ZA DUSTO

[@erionhotnjani3523]

I got mine to lay eggs 😳😅

[@damirgrah6209]

Keep weaver ants

[@nordicants6232]

Damir Grah Noted ;) hahah nice suggestion

[@damirgrah6209]

Thanks but keep them in a big setup you remember ants canada keeping them it would be better you keep them im a even larger setup

[@nordicants6232]

Damir Grah hmm yes, i will figure something out! Why not try a new setup Idea? But yea i will keep them big if i get any :)

[@damirgrah6209]

Best plants to use are lemon or grape fruit saplings an try to bonsai them

[@nordicants6232]

Damir Grah hmm interesting! Nice that you give me advices! Appreciated

[@artemkolomiyets3599]

The other two species should be leaf cutter ants and trap jaw ants

[@jor6933]

Keep any pogonomyrmex colony