Do you ever wish you could run like an ant?

I took her out to take some photos and she impressed me with her sprinting.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2fL2f2GEvo8

#antvideo #withnarration #camponotusdiscolor #camponotus

I know it's hard to believe but I mostly keep this account to try to get people to watch my ant videos. (why I want people to watch ant videos is a question I can't really fathom...) I made a really good new video today with a time lapse that shows how heat sensitive Camponotus discolor are. They move their pupae constantly to maintain ideal development conditions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNwqwxhai_4

#antvideo #withnarration #camponotusdiscolor #camponotus #insects #entomology #ants #antsOfMastodon

I love early spring as an antkeeper. Outside you may only see a few ants as the wild colonies venture out for the first time, but as a keeper I get to see what's going on underground, in the trees and probably in your walls! This colony is about to have a huge population boom. All those eggs, pupae and larva are from ONE queen. She only a little bigger than the larger workers, but look at the empire she's making! #antvideo #camponotus #camponotusdiscolor #ants

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tawnh2wZwpc

These girls love their sugar water. Watch how their little gasters expand in this timelapse. I think the feeder will be empty by morning!

#ants #antstodon #antsofmastodon #antkeeping #camponotus #camponotusdiscolor #video #antvideos

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OfQXYZkYeq4