MYRMECODIA, the infamous ant-plant with an ant colony in a vivarium!

[@enzoalmeidadasilva5513]

Do you have a full shot of the vivarium? Also, have you ever thought about setting up a live 24 hours camera of the vivarium for the audience to watch?

[@nordicants6232]

I have! Maybe in the future... and concenrning a full shot view its kinda hard since it is soooo huge!

[@Alexsurous]

@@nordicants6232 similar to the last shot only the more active area in the viv? if there is one or perhaps set up a few options with different cameras and areas bu that would mean $$

[@saaslabor9606]

"Cute sweet baby with its back opening up and stuff...!" 😆👍

[@antsplus6009]

Hi, you have a couple of interesting ants in your video, the host of your epiphite are Phillidris sp., while the red ants are a Colobopsis sp. in the C. cilindrica group also known as exploding ants, since the minor workers when threatened explode and exude a sticky substance that is smeared onto predators to repel them.

[@edge1andre]

The vivarium is not yours it's theirs ahaha. I love how you show this microcosmo in areally cool 'raw' way

[@nordicants6232]

So true! Hahahah thank you so much man :D

[@robertosuarez868]

This is not infamous ants plants it s a amazing ando wonderfull plant special with adaptations living ants this magnificets

[@andreasurace4386]

roberto suarez nice engrish buddy

[@Darthescar98]

Have you ever showed a full-scale view of the vivarium on the channel? I've watched multiple episodes, yet still don't have much of an idea of how large it is.

[@carsondurrant5674]

Ya I’d like to know the specs of the size

[@nordicants6232]

2 meters and 70 cm, and you just like a ”yo mama joke”... its too big for the camera ;D

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

That was my main query.

[@NovoAnts]

Nice Vivarium! Keep up the good work. I’m considering making one and making a video on it. 👍🏼

[@nordicants6232]

Good stuff ;)

[@PrimalRenegade17]

Ay its novo ants lol

[@NovoAnts]

@@PrimalRenegade17 nice

[@andreasurace4386]

Novo Ants haha nice to see you here too

[@joaopenedo5789]

This guys is the best! You go nordic ants! Thanks for inpiering me to create my antsPortugal channel, watching you grow as an ant dedicated channel really changed my mind about youtube

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you so much! Inspiring people is really something :-) sure you will as well

[@knubson]

Your Video are as better as the videos from antscanada. I could watch you the whole day! Keep up the good work!!!

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you soso much!!! Have a fANTastic day :D

[@knubson]

Nordic Ants you too man ✌️

[@TheMachoManlyMan]

I'd say they're better! NA doesn't spend 20 minutes rambling about nothing

[@Hellno888]

Antscanada is cool but Nordic ants are cool too,I dunno why i like 🐜 ant

[@star_fatinum4009]

When was the last time ants Canada did a ant video

[@mitchl5220]

You're alive!! Glad to see you're doing good man, great video as always!

[@nordicants6232]

[@naturezone1212]

I think the slug is the enlarged spieces

[@user-yj4qz5lo6k]

I don’t think those are crematogaster they don’t have a heart shaped gaster but they remind me of something

[@nordicants6232]

Same!

[@prenolepisempire9292]

Ian Horch they are

[@uiomancannot7931]

I quite liked this episode of: Can you ID this species for me?

[@nordicants6232]

Yes, im basically asking questions throughout the video

[@thebabscast5154]

Great music in opening

[@temp26gaming94]

I was so excited when I saw that you posted

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you sm!!

[@taleandclawrock2606]

I love your Snug ( intermediate group of mollus s between snails and slugs...they have a partial shell, or a kind of plate under their mantle....fascinating creatures.

[@nordicants6232]

Snug! Never heard of that name, sounds so cool

[@SnowOtter4977]

They look kinda like Aztec ants. Those are really cool! They usually have a really cool symbiotic relationship with cecropia trees

[@saurianfan7102]

9:55 NordicAnts.exe has stopped working. Please rest workers ants and reset pheromone trails.

[@nordicants6232]

*beep beep*

[@prenolepisempire9292]

Those are Azteca! The head is the giveaway.

[@topbuzztv8920]

I liked the video cause of the music :D

[@AntsMierenAvonturen]

wow Nordic! Glad to see your awesome video! i bet you never get bored watching all the organismes in your vivarium!

[@nordicants6232]

Never! Hahaha thanks :D

[@wrgtrey3]

I would love to see a return of a big ant species like the dinosaur ants or something like that they gave the ecosystem a presence of something big roaming the jungle like environment

[@nordicants6232]

True! They really were something...

[@etikareborn5417]

Oh meee gooodness a video!

[@flossfayable]

i love how he's often so sure of what he has in his vivarium, and then other times he's got *absolutely no clue* XD

[@anag5144]

5:10 Those web apparently being mites webs, no spiders webs. The leaves of schefflera plant looks like suffering by mites attack.

[@charliewheat9011]

can't help with ID but the large slug's baby's back is opening and closing around an internal shell! Looks like it has a more prominent shell as a baby than an adult but the adult may also have an internal shell there. Could be a species which is technically considered a snail with a reduced shell rather than a slug edit: yellow-shelled semi-slug, pamarion martensi?

[@nordicants6232]

Will have a look and thank you so much for looking! great thoughts :D

[@dino_soup]

every episode from u is amazing and i cant express how much i love those videos !

[@nordicants6232]

I cant express how much i love you guys for enjoying :D

[@ДенисСытник-г1п]

OK! good video as always! and by tradition I have questions: 0:50 what is it? I think that this is not crematogaster because they have not a sharp ass and completely in the fur (if they actively move and lift them - maybe crematogaster) i think this is Meranoplus I just saw a little new moss:( 1:50 strawberry? cool! 10:25 lasius umbratus! and the question is where are the termites !!??!??! white scavengers??!! I hope they will be shown in the next video. and the main question is why Now the soil looks like it is dead? It was different in the video about the dino ants, and as an option, add an carrion beetles. The main thing is homework, so good luck!

[@nordicants6232]

First it is some sort of cricket that Coimbra outsider the vivarium! And yes it is a species of strawberry! And yeah the subterranean squad is getting little if no covering atm which is a shame! Will try to change that :D hahah thanks for watching

[@anthubph1396]

You're back! Nice video. Please upload more 😃

[@JoseELeon]

9:56 this is beyond science

[@nordicants6232]

Jose E Leon u said it for me ;D

[@manitobant6738]

I don’t know if this is too late to get noticed, but I believe those ants are in the genus philidris. It’s the genus that most commonly inhabits myrmecodia.

[@antlion0414]

Awesome video, I just cought a prenolepis imparis queen yesterday.

[@nordicants6232]

Winter is coming!

[@antlion0414]

@@nordicants6232 haha yep

[@isaacchristensen659]

You are one of my favorite channels!!!!! It’s always a treat to see you upload :)

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you so much!!! :D

[@theteutonicorder9158]

So cool! Keep up the good work and post more videos!!!

[@redlantern6669]

About the idea of mapping the food web, is it to late to say that it has become so complicated that you can’t keep track of it If so, everyone can help, but only if you show the most recent footage of the terrarium per video

[@nordicants6232]

Im currently not with the vivarium :( but i will map it by the end of june!!

[@redlantern6669]

@@nordicants6232 let us know if you have any trouble

[@brigittepetrovics]

Thanks for the update!

[@TheOriginalDeckBoy]

I walk past computer.. see Nordic Ants vid.. On the way to do a job.. think "what the hell, I'll see the start"... 10:40 later im off to do my job

[@axceler8t]

brother i really enjoy your videos

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you :D

[@axldlima1938]

check the species on alexwild's website man pretty sure i have seen them there

[@nordicants6232]

Smart!!

[@axldlima1938]

@@nordicants6232 could you try a hand at introducing burrowing crayfish?or maybe a small mouse in the terrarium??would be interesting to see the interactions

[@tamarrajames3590]

Your updates are always worth the wait. I could watch your vivarium for hours on end it is so fascinating, and your inhabitants all appear so healthy and active. The new ant plant is quite strange, it will be interesting to see if the two species will tolerate each other in the same plant. Thank you for taking the time to make this video update, things change so quickly in there it seems. Was that last little critter a skink of some kind? Stay well and keep happy...🖤🇨🇦

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you so so much! Yeah i am impatient to get to know what will eventually happend with that plant :D and yes its a skink that i really didnt know about xD

[@tamarrajames3590]

Nordic Ants Yay!!! I love skinks. I’m very intrigued by your big slug, and you are right...it most resembles the Canadian camel slug, but I don’t see how it could be. How wonderful that it bred young in the vivarium though.🖤🇨🇦

[@max_robak_mrowki]

10:07 Diacamma :)

[@nordicants6232]

Yes! D rugosum :D

[@max_robak_mrowki]

@@nordicants6232 fANTastic :D

[@masterbeastireland]

thank you for posting

[@star_fatinum4009]

This is the best ant channel

[@nordicants6232]

Wow thanks!!! :o

[@ziril3972]

Lol what?? A snake?? How?? This vivarium is just wild

[@nordicants6232]

Hahhaahaha yup!

[@vitimof]

9.00 These are not the ants Crematogaster sp. or maybe Philidris brunnea.

[@cinnamonbunmonster9495]

Finally your back !!!!

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Ahhhhh! Its a slug! Imma die! The cuteness! Ahhhhh!

[@jbomb1414ify]

I don't think the music was bad.. Better than some elevator music or something.

[@siscosalinaz9142]

Maybe add grasshoppers they are really important and grab some super worms

[@janeelinasof]

love your vids! there like mini movies!

[@amandathurston2720]

I’m not in the know about local localities, but it looks a lot like a Florida favorite of mine, Blue tailed skink, I know it’s not blue tailed, or 5 stripe, but very similar body shape, I’m calling it a skink, they love living in leaf litter, you should try getting a ring neck snake, they’re a challenge to keep, but would thrive in the environments you’ve created!

[@anbuthefirsteye1331]

Is that a Chinese hourglass spider at 4:54

[@nordicants6232]

Oooo maybe!

[@DavidFoo93]

Haha..i feel you.. The moment when u no longer know what's in your vivarium. My vivarium too suddenly have different ant species appeared out of nowhere. Seems like a queen flew in during their nuptial flight.

[@antssea9192]

Wow! Amazing video!

[@ubigmadbruh]

We missed u

[@nordicants6232]

Missed you

[@jose420parra3]

Keep uploading

[@mudkip96]

Who would you say is the apex predator of the vivarium?

[@nordicants6232]

The pheidole ants! They are uncontested now. Except from the lizards and possibly the crab

[@enternalnight1604]

@@nordicants6232 and .......the frog?!

[@petebaroch2977]

AWESOME VIDEO THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@Alucard45000]

4:55 looks like a stinkbug XD

[@stephenpeTRYCKI]

Fantastic vivarium 😃😃😃😃

[@nordicants6232]

Thanks! :D

[@craftdragon1217]

Nice Video it is worth to wait for those Videos

[@nordicants6232]

Thanksss man! :D

[@catnoir3905]

"Weird, weird, weird bug sitting in the crown of the tree" is a stinkbug, or called a shield bug by kids

[@nordicants6232]

I actually genuinely improvised throughout that part and my bug-id-mechanism is not fast. But thank you so much anyways ;) heheh

[@Aginex034]

That british accent killed me 😁 😁

[@nordicants6232]

#metoo

[@suezee1768]

I think that thing is a semi-slug with the name Parmarion martensi

[@Drobium77]

You did an ok cockney/Australian accent :-D

[@nordicants6232]

Hahahahah nevertheless it was just bad however you look at it xD thanks though!

[@englishants7499]

I thought they were termites at first

[@distractiecuciocgaming6907]

Me too ....

[@nordicants6232]

Awawww :( that wouldve been awesome though

[@englishants7499]

Nordic Ants true

[@brendannielson2381]

clicked so fast my finger broke through my mousepad. Been waiting for new vid!

[@nordicants6232]

Hope the pad is ok :o hahaha thanks!!

[@claww3343]

nice intro

[@nordicants6232]

Thanks! :D

Nice Philidris

[@DyslexicYoda]

Thank you. I’m now trying to keep up.

[@whatshouldido.3027]

Amazing!

[@Plant_Parenthood]

Dude, you should grow one, 1hey are so easy and fast!

[@carlosa.8551]

Me encanta ver tus videos, en especial todos lo que tienen que ver con el vivario. ¡A seguir así! 💪

[@nordicants6232]

Gracias mi am(ore)igo! xD

[@carlosa.8551]

@@nordicants6232 😂👏👏

[@ffrreeddyy123456]

Superb video! Love so much about it! The life and the amount of new things to learn about is extraordinary. There’s so many epic things. I love your aspirations and I hope the community grows appropriately. This stuff should be more common.

[@joshuaspath6923]

Isn’t bringing ants from Asia to Europe illegal. That can lead to huge problems with invasive species.

[@nordicants6232]

Its in asia! Not in europe :D

[@user-yj4qz5lo6k]

Joshua Spath and it’s not illegal, it’s how all the ant stores and sellers get their Asian ants

[@joshuaspath6923]

Blade your right it isn’t if you have a license to house exotic animals.

[@joshuaspath6923]

Nordic Ants oh my bad I didn’t realize that.

[@connorwestgate]

your slug is from the genus parmarion

[@nordicants6232]

Thank you sososososmuch! Will check

[@antsnetherlands20]

Subfamily Dolichoderinae. These are in the genus Philidris, which is an ant-plant symbiote actually. I'm not sure how you identified them as Crematogaster 🤔

[@masterbeastireland]

keep it going

[@harharhahrahrharo]

is there some ant space more left pls add green weaver ants something from our country too

[@archegon1298]

From the color maybe the mystery ants are solonopsis?

[@Wesp7878]

What species of crab is that?

[@charlieevans2488]

Ants look like iridomyrmex Cordatus

[@nordicants6232]

Thanks will check!

[@rubdecrub1509]

Awesome

[@Stahlzahn17]

I love it 👍

[@UaJosch]

ich wusste ich finde jemanden den ich kenne XD

[@amandathurston2720]

4:50 about then, you have some kind of jumping spider, then a stick bug, do you know any tree frog importers to the EU? I’ve been looking into making my own viv this year

[@samosz.8110]

Cool video as usual, and keep it up!

[@nordicants6232]

Thanks man :D

[@andreamontechiarini]

The new ants look like Atzeca, although I’m not sure whether they live in Malaysia

[@slimyblob3198]

So which country do you live in, Norway ? Did you get the plant on holiday or where you live?

[@nordicants6232]

I live in sweden BUT i also live in thailand so it was natively collected and kept there :D

[@strategicdinosaur33]

Does the new colony have a queen?

[@nordicants6232]

Idrk... lots of new brood though!

[@strategicdinosaur33]

Nice!

[@thegreatjay1245]

Do a crossover with Antscanda

[@pixazelz]

**AntsCanada

[@michellebaldos922]

you should put trap jaw colony

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Could you perhaps list a source for the unsquishable nature of turtle ants? I wasnt able to find any scientific journals on the subject.

[@sunnys3512]

when are you going to do a nother update on the other vivariam

[@PrimalRenegade17]

Cool vid!

[@control9247]

You can use matabele ants to control the termites

[@officialillianuz6671]

Great work boiii !!!! Keep up the good work, enjoying content ✌️✌️

[@antsnetherlands20]

The "red ants" were Colobopsis sp. saundersi complex, a.k.a. exploding ants. Minor workers rupture their gasters, releasing a toxic chemical, as a defence mechanism. This is a kamikaze action.

[@playmusic5978]

Love it!! :D

[@antworld2039]

Welp , now my wish of seeing turtle ants is complete . Make sure you record a lot of those girls . There is very little known about them .

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

How the hell did you get the ants? Myrmecodia typically are hosts to very specific species! This is amazing! 10/100,000,000 ants per person! (Thats probably a good rating? Dont mind the numbers)

[@jimothyj2638]

Add a Hysterocrates gigas "Cameron red baboon" tarantula