Wood Ants | The Empires of the Undergrowth

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Hey guys, hope this video was worth the wait! I’m now making videos full time so expect more regular content from now on :D

[@harsukhmansingh4972]

Ants Australia yes I have been waiting for this moment so long

[@jakk8218]

Ants Australia congrats dude!

[@harsukhmansingh4972]

Could your next episode be a part 2 to tubs and tubes

[@prokopcingalek1177]

Ants Australia love your videos dude

[@liamoconnor1087]

Ants Australia I have been waiting sense your last video!!!

[@nordicants6232]

OMG! I love this!! These guys are like VERY native to my area, they are everywhere. Still your content and documentation about them surprises me. You are amazing dude.

[@JordanDeanFilms]

That's great to hear! Thanks :)

[@peacepeople10]

One question I live in a very cold area. Could I still have big headed ants as pets? They're not native to my area.

[@heatherhaze3680]

worlds end...you should really just have native to the area species really. its kind of ant keeping edicate.

[@animaniacs538]

@Magnus no it's ALWAYS (it's not always illegal...)

[@tums1997]

I loved this video! While I love Ants Canada and a bunch of other ant channels, when you do your documentary videos like these, I think they're the best ant videos on KZbin.

[@teampingu]

This is such high quality! Usually studios take months and a whole team to make videos like this. Looking forward to the next one!

[@bigchunk1]

So true. The quality is amazing. Very impressed with this channel.

[@assumjongkey1383]

@@bigchunk1 but he takes decades to realise viodeo

[@bigchunk1]

@@assumjongkey1383 You might want to consider not paying him this quarter.

[@assumjongkey1383]

@@bigchunk1 what??

[@danielsmith9476]

@@assumjongkey1383 wtf does that mean english please?

[@danic4748]

I live in Canada and formica are usually considered as pests, but for us, and enthusiasts, its a study paradise! A lot of those ants were formica ulkei, found in Alberta Canada! Great video once again Jordan!

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Thanks Daniel! Yep, they were literally everywhere I went! I've been meaning to identify all my findings. I'm pretty hopeless with North American ants though, well, anything outside of Australia really :)

[@danic4748]

Ants Australia if you'd like, send me a photo of each ant through Instagram @dan_cantin and ill ID them for you.

[@mr.lugnut44]

I live in alberta... :DDDDD WOOD ANTS YEY!! my fav ants live here!!!! btw does anyone know do red wood ants live here? aka formica rufa?

[@tlgx884]

@@mr.lugnut44 they live in Europe :)

[@ant.invasion]

Great video as always Jordan, can't wait for the local Meat Ant video!

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Thanks Eli! Can't wait to make it :)

[@stanleylittlejohn2265]

Ant Invasion OMG YOUR HERE ITS LIKE AN AMAZING ANT GATHERING

[@Au_Aquatica]

Ants Australia can't wait for a Myrmecia pilosula update! Good job Jordan

[@queenofants2385]

@@stanleylittlejohn2265 Yes It Is :D 🐜 🇦🇺 🐜👽 🐜 🇺🇸

[@CiderDivider]

I love the detailed close up shots!! It’s mesmerizing to watch. My grandparents had a mound in their evergreen windbreak and I would watch them for ages during the summer. The sheer numbers were fascinating and it was a great way to observe the local species.

[@antlad8393]

Extremely well shot, high quality clips, without a doubt intriguing to all, and very informative. Once again you have exceeded my expectations Jordan, I am obsessed with these documentaries you create, I do hope you continue these documentaries, life can be hard and when someone you enjoy watching who posts after a while, it just.. Really feels good sometimes, and sorta rises your contentment at times. A moment to relax and enjoy watching what you consider content. Well done!

[@stanleylittlejohn2265]

THIS VIDEO was great in quality please keep up the good work I can’t believe how good the image is you could go on tv and be fine it’s so good to see how your confidence has grown!

[@CHRONICjon716]

This channel deserves way more subscribers

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Glad you think so :)

[@Spikethealligator]

This is not the empires of the undergrowth i wanted but its good

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

These videos are better than 90% of nature shows on TV.

[@josh22920killer]

Incredible job filming. My favorite ant channel by FAR.

[@AntsNewZealand]

Yay new video ALSO CONGRATS 40K! formica are some cool ants wish we had them and myrmecia

[@ilijamitrevski1210]

Formica is definetly my favourite genus.

[@rohithvkrishnan5269]

Ilija Mitrevski have u looked into harpegnathos or ponera or even carabera.if u r interested see some videos on dorylus driver ants cus they r a cool sp

[@ilijamitrevski1210]

The Indian Antkeeper Yeah, I just like Formica because it's simple, everywhere yet does cool thing. It's also one of my first queens.

[@rohithvkrishnan5269]

Ilija Mitrevski oh I see that is nice.if u r interested checkout my channel ;)

[@animaniacs538]

@@rohithvkrishnan5269 your a fucking asshole for that. Why'd you promote your own channel tf

[@riot_baby2296]

My favorite genus is acromyrmex a leaf cutter genus

[@isummer9140]

The quality of your videos and work is incredible. No one on KZbin like you. keep it up!

[@chrisegnoto]

This is a great presentation. Loved it and it helped me better nderstand a few aspects of Wood Ants. Thank you!

[@joshualiang3485]

i remember when you had 200 subcribers and you said you couldnt wait to keep camponotus consibrinis. look at your channel now, amazing watching it grow just like a colony. getting my first myrmecia next week KEEN

[@uli1158]

As always a pleasure to watch!!! In my opinion by far the best ant-dokumentarys on youtube! Great job Jordan! I really enjoyed to watch a Video about northern Ants since I'm from Switzerland. I hope we don't need to wait for too long to get some more of yout great work! ;-)

[@capnseli]

These are my first ants I've found queens for, and so my first colony attempt! Thanks for the video, it was very helpful!

[@АнубисЕгипетский-о9ш]

4:28 I just love reaction of this ant! It's like "What, mate?? Oi, got a problem?!!"

[@brendanowen7563]

Great video again as usual Jordan. I am currently in North America (Connecticut). I went for a hike today and saw many different ants. It is interesting suddenly seeing a different set of ants than I am used to seeing in Australia.

[@daveslow84]

The quality of your videos is unreal!!! Very new to keeping ants and loving your channel :)

[@Vincent89297]

Huge production value as usual. Very well done.

[@StephenGillie]

Growing up in the forests of WA State, these huge ant piles were all over the place. Up to 3 feet tall, covered in pine needles, and just begging to be toppled with a stick. They used to steam like peat moss in the cooler spring and fall, inside the hill was indeed quite warm.

[@TheOriginalDeckBoy]

This was absolutely kick ass... nice work...

[@cpeter4321]

These guys are in my backyard. I never knew how interesting they are until this video. Thank you.

[@mylye200]

Really liked this episode guys, worth the wait! Keep it up you guys!

[@myrmepropagandist]

Thanks!

[@Au_Aquatica]

Great video Jordan. Keep up the great work

[@mowsterowo5883]

This video was so good. I have always lived around this kind of ants but i still learned alot of new stuff.

[@Sassem13]

Amazing telling and filming ..loved it all

[@antark1171]

Great video, as always Jordan. I'll continue to look forward to your future videos! 👍🏻

[@tardis2802]

Finally another video! I waited so long for this!

[@AntsManitoba]

I love this documentary Jordan good job

[@DnaUnstable]

These are all such awesome videos, keep it up!

[@AppiusOS]

Such great photography again. I'm going from Australia to Maine next week, and i hope to see some ant mounds in the national parks too

[@dragon-oo8vc]

Great vid I've been waiting for a video for ages

[@guzzer78]

Awesome video! Looking forward to next installment 😝

[@AntsManitoba]

Wow this is awesome. I'm so glad you came to canada

[@thomascollighan3231]

This video is interesting and truly amazing! Keep doing what you're doing!

[@davidtimothy5804]

You post FINALLY, im so happy, if only i dont missed three day... lol Btw really cool vid hope your channel grows masive

[@dirkvanzyl7285]

Very helpful video! Keep up the good work!

[@leviroch]

I love your behavioural observations. . . There are a species that live at my house that have a fascinating behaviour i habent seen the same species accomplish elsewhere. The day after a 'windstorm' these ants absolutely swarm and pick clean all my black house spider webs. The dust coating the webs prevents them getting stuck, the spider doesnt bother with such a small meal, the ants get a feast from all the discarded insect remains and the spider gets a clean web. . . Awesome

[@alexandrehb2]

Great vid keep up the good work

[@Miminyte500]

The sound volume seems very very low.

[@JordanDeanFilms]

A few people have brought this to my attention now. Must be the new audio software I was using. Still getting my head around it. Always looking to improve so thanks for the feedback!

[@antonionegrea3554]

I went to this vid thinking it was actually gameplay of the game called "Empires of the undergrowth" 😂

[@timmyrnbhead1897]

errm is that a dead drone part stuck on that queens behind haha..also great content!

[@joshuagallagher9948]

Hi today I just caught 3 green head ants and a sugar ant queens. I live in Australia NSW

[@natureboy1237]

best ant channel by farrr

[@Teqana]

11/10 Quality content.

[@kentuckykeeping4734]

Welcome back man!

[@HanyHaramy]

AWESOME VIDEO!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

[@joshb.c.6735]

Oh Thank God Jordan I've been waiting for another video and then I have it and also I want to know how many ant colony do you have now by the way I really love your videos ❤❤❤

[@noahcallins4595]

Awesome video! I currently have a parasitic queen with workers. And I have the same Formica queens shown in the video

[@super760]

Thank you for making it on my birthday

[@igris6128]

Amazing video with amazing quality

[@Roamancing]

Such fascinating creatures with such intricate communities.

[@bigchunk1]

I live in Chicago and these ants are everywhere. These ants are what I think of when I see an ant.

[@godzillapark1030]

Pls post more videos It helps make my day/week/month

[@matemagyarosi5694]

New video!!! You are the best ;)

[@Jaybiiird]

KEEP UP THE *insane* WORK!!! XD

[@Jaybiiird]

ps congrats on 40k subs

[@kefl298]

well narated jordon well done,new subscriber now

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Thanks :)

[@PkmnRayhak]

Incredible video!! I hope one day you cover Pogonomyrmex :).

[@lovedirt9028]

Looking forward for the shop to open to buy some habitats

[@latoyaglvr]

Those ladybug carcasses were delightfully gruesome.

[@heatherhaze3680]

Ive always wondered what kind of ants were all over my yard, now i know, and inadvertently it turns out that they are the slavers that ive heard about and was interested in learning more about! So thanks man! :)

[@henrybok2916]

Thank you for the upload I've been waiting for this for a while. Quick question how are your bull ants their my favourite on this channel.

[@jeremystaszewski350]

Great video I'm in northern New Mexico nd I believe I have a few formia queens

[@jaketheperson8495]

Ants are truly fascinating creatures!

[@fernandogomezperez6144]

As always an awesome video! Question: what type of equipment do you use to shoot your videos and audio? They look amazing, I want to make videos with that quality, could you give me your advice?

[@nancymcglinn8717]

Awesome!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😇🙏🏻👍✌️🥰

[@southwestantchannel7943]

thank u for this vid really good stuff

[@tylersparks6665]

Love your videos bro. Informative and isn't all about making money off the hobby!

[@koenkaandorp9689]

Wow i am early! Nice vid btw

[@lukenock4496]

love it!

[@janswhatsupdoc]

I absolutely love forest terrains

[@antstogether2746]

Next: Harvester Ants? would be sick!

[@captainn-tgm]

Empires of the Undergrowth is a ant sim by Slug Disco from the UK. Interestingly enough it features the Wood Ant (a genetically adaptive species called Formica eruptus)

[@watchingwatchingwatching]

ereptor*

[@billybob9961]

They are Beautiful I think they're the same ones I saw were hiking in Utah? Are quite big and absolutely gorgeous and color

[@finn0772]

Oh wow I caught 5 Formica queens I am so exited!!!

[@NorthernANTs]

I have wood ants all over by my house, I am praying I am able to find I queen to start a colony for my channel. For this is one of may favorite ants. Had a colony back in the early 2000s but I did not know how to house them, if only, I knew then what I know now. Till not to much but learning 😉 lol I will have to supply them with resin. The queen you talked about that took over another colony, I am luck to have gotten one late summer, and I am able to show them on my channel.

[@hugofrost2801]

Finnaly a new vid!!!

[@rickieoakes5267]

My father-in-law had several wood ant mounds near his house a few years ago and they are definitely something you want to stay away from their bites are very painful

[@ronaldgrove3283]

🙂 Wood Ants were always my favorite local Eastern American Ants. Being about the same size of Carpenter Ants and colored red and black I always considered them red ants ? And through being rarer to find than Carpenter Ants finding t hem is always a great joy. Because each individual Wood Ant always possess such great personalities. Yes and unlike most Ants they can spray their poison !

[@d3str0i3r]

that sap thing is interesting, i'm surprised there's not a species of carpenter ant that does that

[@ju6284]

Love it keep up the good work

[@johnwolf7073]

hey ! i love all your videos !! i have a question ! :p can ants see colors like us ? :p keep it up !

[@rohithvkrishnan5269]

john wolf if I'm not wrong they can't see wavelength of red orange

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

The Indian Antkeeper huh? What about an apple? It is red

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

All I know is the organism processes the light into colors and what we see is what we process so if I see color red, my body processed light to help me see red

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

Oh wait, I didn't read the comment thoroughly

[@maxxiang8746]

i cant see green-brown light

[@queenofants2385]

Very Cute And Funny Species.

[@fieldfrost4220]

Hmm is it possible to make a trapjaw or weaver ant video? I love those 2 species. Ps. Great vid!!

[@magmers6389]

i thought you were gonna play empires of the undergrowth XD

[@coltonkarpes9634]

me to LOL

[@persomnus]

There's some of these ants in my backyard, and they won't leave my zucchini flowers alone >:( There's an abandoned ant hill too, and my cat loves rolling on the mound, lmao. We call her a dirt gremlin

[@MrParanoyak]

Hi there, where is that beachy lake along the mountain range at 3:30 ?

[@JordanDeanFilms]

Hi, that's Magog Lake, at the foot of Mount Assiniboine.

[@stevenfarrugia7434]

I didn’t realize you went to Alberta I would’ve loved to meet you

[@TheDsRequiem]

More people should "shoot" animals like you did in the end of the video instead of what they usually do. Good on you man

[@MrRotv]

Yes, I love your videos man, keep doing. But in this one, the audio was too low, I need to find a really quiet place to watch it

[@stanleylittlejohn2265]

OMG SO INTERESTING!!!!!

[@worldmess5891]

Are you thinking about making about any of myrmica gene ants , they are my favorite btw nice video

[@danic4748]

WorldMess I also love Myrmica but raising a colony is so damn hard

[@worldmess5891]

Daniel C really i got myrmica rubra and temnothorax(acorn ants) colonies its not that hard for now maybe because my colonies are still small

[@michuberlaufts2041]

Great video! I have a Formica sanguinea:)

[@antsandmoreaustralia]

0:46 is that a fusca species because I’ve seen them down here in NSW