RESCUING THE MYRMICA RUBRA OUT OF THEIR OWN HOME | Myrmica Rubra Update #7 - Ant Holleufer

[@antshood3324]

rip wall! lol

[@antsjunior6715]

R.I.P wall so sad 😞 jokes aside great video and amazing unboxing man , loved every second of

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you 😂😄

[@HuffleflufferOfficial]

RIP in pieces to the wall! 😭

[@Ninuturu]

Very nice of HighTechAnts to sponsor you [and the Myrmica in a way] :D Sunburst is actually just sugar water with yellow coloring btw :) but its made in a way and has some conservatives, so it doesn't spoil very easily Myrmica need very high humidity, so make sure you water those nests frequently, acryllic isn't known to be good with humidity haha nest humidity isn't drinking water, so its good that you offer them two water feeders + side of this setup, you can see and film them much better seeing this more close up footage, all those larvae with colored insides actually have those spots, but just not as big as the left one Rest in peace wall xD

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah I try to keep the humidity at 80% to keep them happy 😄 but yeah the setup is 100% better for viewing so yeah really nice of highTechAnts. The highTechAnts colony 🤔😂

[@gohanis]

I really love your channel! I will be putting on workshops this spring for kids in northern Alberta Canada, to teach them how to find ants, how to raise them, hoping to get some sponsorship from a supplier in Canada to reduce costs. Might have to order ant queens just to be sure the kids can finish the workshops with a queen, but also want to go queen hunting. We get lots of carpenter ants in fort McMurray. Love your channel

[@AntHolleufer]

Ahh that’s a wonderful idea! There’s a store called por amor arts that makes ant products in Canada! You should contact them!

[@francisrieuants6286]

Nice video buddy

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you 😄

[@ingarssilins176]

Mitmicas are stubborn diggers. When they have enough substrate to make their own nest, they won't move at all. This way my colony died in formicarium, where nest always was moist, but they stayed in outworld digged in substrate... I suggest you to use springtails to prevent mold in BIO formicariums.

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah that’s how it is sometimes. There where a ton of springtails in there but for some reason the mold was to powerful 😞

[@jayviertan8476]

Love this colony ❤️ 😃

[@Stalker_53]

Good luck man. If you want more eggs, larvae, pupae and workers you should feed them more protein. Usually I feed them so much protein that they start rejecting it. And feed them a lot of honey (to keep them energised). And if you want to start a new Messor Barbarus colony you can buy one for 4€ (3,90€) (only Queen is 4€). You can buy some with workers, but they are more expensive. At ANSTORE- Buy ants and ant colonies from Southern Europe. I would advice you to buy one.

[@AntHolleufer]

I have actually just got a messor barbarus colony 😄 but thanks for the advice. Will definitely feed them more protein 😄🙌🏻

[@Stalker_53]

We would like a video of them. : )

[@AntHolleufer]

In the making 2 weeks time hopefully 😄

[@spacemanmichael38]

R.I.P. wall.

[@stijncroon9287]

Rest In Peace for the wall. Lmao

[@VarmintLP]

I also had a someone big issue with molt with my setup. While I had made my setup ready, I decided to put it some pieces of driftwood. Strangly enough there was a lot of molt all around the wood pieces after a while after I watered the setup. So I decided to never ever put wood into my nests outworld nests. At least not if I plan to water the setup. Also the ants hadn't moved in yet so it's no issue at all

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah it could be that 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔 good thing you haven’t moved the ants in. That would have been very annoying 😅

[@VarmintLP]

@@AntHolleufer well it was only on the top. And I haven't seen another outbreak yeat

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah okay. Hopefully it isn’t growing under the dirt

[@VarmintLP]

@@AntHolleufer no. I think I removed the pieces of wood and then also some chunks of soil. I wanted to make sure that it's clean. I also left it to dry a lot so it should be fine. ;)

[@AntHolleufer]

Perfect 😄 then it’s hopefully good 😌

[@EstheticAnts]

Finally had the time to watch this video! Great video, sad you had to move them out. I expect you overwatered the setup way to much, causing the mold to grow. But I'm no expert haha.

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah the problem is myrmica needs really high humidity. There literally live in small ponds sometimes 😅🤷🏻‍♂️ but yeah water definitely the reason the mold grew so well

[@EstheticAnts]

RIP WALL

[@Hackzor404]

If you want to avoid mold, make sure to get a colony of Isopods + springtails inside your vivarium. Also wait for a vivarium to go through its molding phase before introducing ants into the setup. Usually after the first mold over the mold runs out of fuel and it’s safe for you to move an ant colony in

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah I did add springtails and Isopods. But head the thing about the first mold after letting the ants free 😕

[@AntWarriors]

I don't even know what to say, I'm just gonna give this video a like👍 Really hope they recover, sure they will tho since there in an amazing nest. Also one more thing R.I.P Wall 😭😅

[@AntHolleufer]

Ha yeah long video with a few different topics. Glad liked it tho 😂😄

[@happyantuk1995]

Rip wall 😅 hope the colony’s recovering well

[@AntHolleufer]

🙌🏻😂 And yeah for now I think they will go in full recover mode 😌☺️

[@KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld]

So good, they seem so good now, and look super happy too! I've never been stung by my myrmica rubra nts either, but they always sting their food if it moves haha

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah it’s nice to know they are doing a bit better now. But I’m not sure that I have seen them sting yet 😅😅

[@antsandmoreaustralia]

Any species of fire Ants would be my dream but sadly they are illegal because they are new pests here in Australia and can still be eradicated but if they ever become wide spread among Australia I will be looking every day for a queen even know it will suck if the settle in Australia

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah that’s the thing. The Australian laws are quite strict if I remember correct. But who knows. Maybe they’re a and invasive colony right around the corner 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔

[@antsandmoreaustralia]

@@AntHolleufer maybe

[@elijahwells696]

I have a camponotus pennsylvanicus queen and I was wondering if you thing they would be polygonous or if 1 queen would do

[@elonimran3013]

i guess I am kinda randomly asking but does anyone know of a good place to watch new tv shows online ?

[@wallacetorin5678]

@Elon Imran I watch on Flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

[@AntHolleufer]

I don’t tho the species my self. But my advise is to go to KZbin and see what happens if the search the species. And if it isn’t well documented in KZbin head over to google and try again. That’s what I do when I have questions ☺️

[@c3cil358]

i have a Myrmica rubra colony with 12 workers so in a few months i'll get a high tech ants set up

[@AntHolleufer]

Congrats 😄 that’s amazing to hear 😄

[@Antramblings]

I really want to know about those white dots in the big larvae could it be mould ?

[@AntHolleufer]

Not sure. I’m still just following it closely 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

[@theantwarrior2964]

Rip 🪦 the wall. You will be greatly missed. Your life was a great one ☝️ but sadly it has come to an end. Goodbye 👋 wall, you had a good life😢

[@AntHolleufer]

😆 can add more to this 😆 tho although she’s dead she can still be used as a corpse. And yeah now she’s apparently a she 😆

[@jesseklinkenberg9072]

Nice

[@AntHolleufer]

🙌🏻

[@jesseklinkenberg9072]

Leuk

[@antsjunior6715]

I cannot wait for the stream

[@antsandpets]

lol rip the wall

[@irilananjos2808]

Are they semi-cloister ???

[@Hackzor404]

Myrmica rubra are in fact semi-claustral, as they have smaller gasters they need to forage during the founding stages to be able to raise their brood

[@AntHolleufer]

Oh didn’t know that. I think I have hard people do it as a fully 🤷🏻‍♂️ but makes sense with the small gasters

[@irilananjos2808]

can you translate please i'm brazilian

[@irishants9206]

can myrmica rubra inbreed or can the newly mated queens join back to their original colony

[@RetroAnts]

Man i fiking hate mold

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah same 😕🙄

[@GoldenBannaOfficial]

Hype!

[@HuffleflufferOfficial]

👋👋👋

[@AntHolleufer]

👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@stijncroon9287]

I can’t go in chat because I am on my phone 😞😞😞🥺🥺🥺😫😫😫😫

[@AntHolleufer]

😭😭

[@elijahgaverielcampo3466]

Wait am I only one chatted?

[@AntHolleufer]

🤔🤔