Myrmica Rubra -Ep-2- Wild Growth !!! 😜

[@ElijahsAnts]

Glad to see the rubras doing so well, theres definitely more brood in there than there was on your last stream! Its crazy to think that they're gonna grow even bigger, you might even need and extra saturn! Great video as usual mat, cant wait for the giveaway stream!

[@Antymatters]

It's amazing to see tbh, after so many years of natural setups finally seeing the inner workings and insane matts of brood :) thanks for watching

[@Antramblings]

They are doing so well 😃 very jealous .I might need to go rubra shopping 🤔though i promised myself i would just catch my own this year . The view into the Saturn has given me an idea for the way i have been displaying my Saturn's as well . Well for when i have some live ants that is 😄

[@Antymatters]

Catch your own to bolster a 1queen bought starter hehe, vest if both worlds :p can merge fresh princess quite easily during nuptual times

[@davidpapp3926]

Wow that is massive myrmyca rubra colony

[@Antymatters]

Thanks man, hoping they'll be over double this in a couple months. Not sure how I'll house them though

[@Richard0037]

Really interesting video, seeing all the ants and brood in the tubes gives a feel for what it would look like in a wild nest. These rubra were the dominating ant species where I used to live and were a force to be reconned with. Excellent video Thank you

[@Antymatters]

Got to love those rubras, so impressive when there the dominant species, I like the way they let so much live though aswell like the woodlice to clean up and so on.

[@Richard0037]

@@Antymatters I wonder if woodlice are difficult or not tasty for ants to eat ? as I gave my Lasius Niger a small woodlouse, a worker carried it to where the queen was she then started waving her antennae around then the worker carried it away, I guess the queen didn't like what she was given for dinner lol

[@crowseed]

Wow never seen wild ants take to captivity so well!

[@Antymatters]

Haha only catch is they literally pinch on anything that enters, if the tweezers touch anything there's 3+ running up them. Super aggressive must want more protein though

[@mikoants9485]

Such an amazing video about such an owesome ants. I am still on one queen with some eggs but withing 2 weeks there will be workers. You doing great job :-)

[@Antymatters]

Youl have plenty of ants hopefully by hibernation, if not the second year it gets insane :)

[@BasicAnts]

Nice colony, and really good shots of the ants.

[@Antymatters]

Thanks man, tried a new filming thing and left the phone in its stand and moved the nest around the camera instead of normal vice versa 👍 thanks fir watching

[@antsandpets]

i'm looking forward to my myrmica rubra queens to get their first workers.

[@Antymatters]

Omg if you just got a queen youl get the pleasure of rubra nanitics, extremely rare sight, found 1 nanitic nest in my whole life but there soooo cute