MASSIVE growth! Camponotus Ligniperda

That is right my Ligniperda grew in size. I have had this colony since 2021 and it’s now over a year old. Last update they had 5 workers and now they have a whopping 8 workers! Can you believe it?
🛒My Ant Store🛒
www.esthetican...
🤝My Resellers🤝
UK 🢂 www.antantics....
USA 🢂 www.statesidea...
USA 🢂 www.antopiausa...
💸💸Get 10% off your purchase by using the code "ESTHETICANTS"💸💸
🢂 www.wakooshi.com/ 🢀
💻 Join the Antkeeper discord server!
English 🢂 / discord
Dutch 🢂 / discord
🤝 Find me on:
Instagram: / estheticants
Facebook: / aestheticants
Twitter: / estheticants3
🎵 Music Info:
Track Name: "And So It Begins"
Music By: Artificial Music @ / artificial-music
YT Channel HERE: / smarttoa. .
Original upload HERE - / artificial-mus. .
License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License.
Full License HERE - creativecommon....
Music promoted by NCM goo.gl/fh3rEJ
✅ Subscribe to my channel:
/ @estheticants
❤️ Check the playlist:
• Camponotus ligniperda
🔥 Watch my last video:
• My New CRAZY Ants Insi...
📷Camera:
Panasonic Lumix FZ-2000
Samsung S10

[@ingarssilins176]

Moove only, if colony reach 30 workers. My experience shows, that colonies with lower worker number than 30 tend to fell in diapause after rehousing.

[@EstheticAnts]

Okey

[@ElijahsAnts]

Great to see that they've made progress! I would love to see them in the nest but I think keeping them in the tube would be best for now, great video as usual!

[@EstheticAnts]

Thank you!

[@Biter1975]

More on this ants would be great

[@TheeLyell]

I got mine in 2020 - last year they went into hibernation with around 12-15 workers, very similar to where you are just now. However this year they have grown from that to around 40 workers! So i think next year your colony will boom

[@lazyryan26]

I just ordered one of your small outworlds

[@originalblinx]

My own Ligniperda colony grew from 3 workers to 13 since coming out of hibernation. From the looks of the amount of brood, I'll pass 20 this year. I have them in a small 3D-printed formicarium just now, with an outworld attached. I mostly give them mealworms or fruitflies for protein, and they love maple syrup water too.

[@kfirsokhin7801]

Hey, I also have a ligniperda colony that I also got in 2021 and when I got the queen there were 6 workers and sadly they went down to 3 in a couple of months, and after this year's hibernation I started to feed them more protein and more frequently and now there are 8 or more workers in just a couple of months :)

[@EstheticAnts]

Ah nice!

[@AwesomeeAnts]

Great Video! I caught my queen on the 4.06.2022 now she has 7 Pupea i hope she will lay some more eggs before hibrenation but yes Camponotus ligniperda is very slow at growth my Lasius niger colony from last year are doing pretty good they have brood in all stages.

[@luukvankippersluis1805]

Yes move the ligliperda in to the wooden nest 🥰

[@antscheshire7993]

I think you should wait until they have 10 or so workers. Then move them to the nest as it looks cool.

[@EstheticAnts]

Okay

[@Creepy747]

Keep ‘em in the test tube as if untried beforehand than that is mostly a sign that they are not too keen on moving any time soon maybe move them when they have around 10 to 20 workers from my experience

[@Tri-Ant]

Nice update. I also have a C. ligniperda. Love your videos

[@29hayden]

GREAT VIDEO PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!

[@4eal_boyyt654]

Vanmiddag me eerste Nico’s gekocht !

[@EstheticAnts]

Eyyy nice!

[@pingouinhumain2c145]

I found my Queen in july 2021 and today they are around 20 workers. I wait for the end of the diapause.

[@jurrerensen5302]

Move themmm!!!

[@issamhilal184]

I think u should keep them as I have never seen a ligniperda colony live in wood

[@EstheticAnts]

Okay

[@Torterramain789]

Sweet update! Making me want to check on my colonies now lolll

[@EstheticAnts]

Hahaaha

[@theantlands3383]

Move them!!!!

[@maciejtrusz6840]

move to wooden but open it and fill with some dirt cuz they really like soft floor

[@mikoants9485]

Hi since Ligniperdas are so sensitive to changes I would not move them to risk queen would eat the brood

[@EstheticAnts]

Okey

[@Creepy747]

The larger worker is also probably a newer worker as the workers tend to get bigger each generation

[@koar4968]

as a camponotus ligniperda keeper ( 1 year 35 worker colony) they will dont move at least mine, only move them when 2 chambers can be filld with ants. If you move them now they will not come out to forage.

[@EstheticAnts]

Okay thanks for the info

[@koar4968]

@@EstheticAnts you are welcome

[@Antramblings]

Well done EA nice that they are developing well for you. I have heard some campo need to be a bigger worker count to live in Wood as they will then regulate there own moisture in a nest when you can't do it for them . But i don't know if that applies to lignipurda .

[@EstheticAnts]

You are probably right

[@Antsational]

When new update? I just ordered a Camponotus Ligniperda from your website and I am interested in their growth.

[@mileslevit9033]

In interested in wakooshi and they do look easy to maintain... but what do you do when Cotten in test tube setups get moldy? How do you clean them? Thanks

[@Kamrik_Sk]

This year i catched 10 queens of lignyperda. But only 7 of them survived. I think the test tubes are better

[@mcethan7118]

I have a colony at nine workers and they are veryyyy slow growing

[@EstheticAnts]

Yeah haha welcome to ligniperda

[@BeneluxAnts]

test tube gang!

[@makraaza966]

Awesome, would you recommend ligni for a first campo species? Also that outworlds looking nice.

[@EstheticAnts]

No Nicobarensis first Campo

[@makraaza966]

OK thanks

[@ferrykwakernaat2952]

If they are doing good in there and have ample room for further growth, i say leave them in there for now

[@RepvertYT]

Keeping them in a testube will be nether for a while I think becuase this colony looks too small for the nest

[@treeharltreeharl9232]

Hoi EA, Wat fijn dat de kolonie inmiddels in omvang gegroeid is. Ik zou denk ik wachten tot rond de 15 a 20 werksters. Is een superworm per week niet wat weinig wellicht met deze hoeveelheid larven? Nu heb ikzelf ook nog een vraagje: Ik heb vandaag vier venusnesten van Wakooshi binnengekregen. Helaas is van eentje het klepje van de outworld ietsje beschadigd geraakt door transportschade (barst van ongeveer een cm). Nest is gewoon te gebruiken (heb dr een L.Niger kolonietje ingestopt met 7 nanitics en 4 werksters). Nu twijfel ik dus of het slim is daar een berichtje over te sturen. Enig idee? PS: Hoe is het je L.Fulginosus?

[@EstheticAnts]

Ik zou daar zeker een berichtje over sturen. De fuli is dood.

[@treeharltreeharl9232]

@@EstheticAnts Wat jammer dat ze het niet gered heeft. Ze vliegen overigens nog steeds in mijn buurt. Hopelijk lukt een nieuwe poging wel! Een van mijn Rufa koninginnen heeft het drie dagen geleden ook niet gered.

[@gabrielcristiancinematic]

My ligniperda queen got 6 nanitics from the start, does it mean the colony is healthy and will grow faster that usual or am i just lucky?

[@gordonc2792]

Move after more workers as it looks like it provides double the existing space so may be too big at this stage

[@EstheticAnts]

Oki

[@jesseklinkenberg9072]

Gb

[@danielleswart97]

do sale black crazy ants??

[@lordwolf9950]

Hi EA where did you get that outworld from?

[@EstheticAnts]

Self made soon on the website

[@stijncroon9287]

I don’t think u should move them they are doing great right why disturb that?

[@EstheticAnts]

True

[@kristijanveljaca1687]

I caught a queen this year, I was wondering when did your queen first get her nanitics? On the topic of moving the colony, I would personally keep them in a test tube since they (at least in nature) live in soil exclusively, they are not an arboreal species

[@koar4968]

For me capture to nanitics it was 3 months

[@EstheticAnts]

I got them with workers

[@kristijanveljaca1687]

@@koar4968 Thanks!

[@koar4968]

@@kristijanveljaca1687 you are welcome

[@drunknoskope2963]

definitely leave them in a test tube.....

[@lazyryan26]

Hey I have a question Where do you ship from?

[@EstheticAnts]

Netherlands we ship worldwide

[@juanc.torres3132]

Don’t move ligniperda into wood, they do better with humidity

[@EstheticAnts]

Okay

[@ryanuy2136]

Hey! I placed an order last week and sent an email about it but i havent gotten any response. I sent a message on fb and ig as well.