As someone who is made incredibly squeamish by bugs I'm both surprised and glad that the TH-cam algorithm brought me here. Can't get enough of this footage and commentary.
I studied leafcutter ants in Costa Rica for a while (typically Atta Cephalotes or various Acromyrmex) and they taught us a lot about excavating and keeping colonies if you ever wanted to. To excavate the younger colonies you go about it roughly the same way as with your trapdoor spiders from your previous videos. You can dig a trench around a foot or so away from the opening of the colony and progressively dig down and towards it until hitting the main chamber. Then you can just scoop as much fungus (and hopefully the queen) as you can into a tupperware bin. It dosent matter how much you damage the structure, its actually amazing how they can just rearrange the fungus and build new structures. You can then place this smaller tupperware bin inside a much larger tupperware bin and uncover the lid loosely. To feed the colony simply place leaves on the loose lid inside the larger container, and give them test tubes with water. This only works for smaller colonies, but its still cool to do.
I'm usually incredibly squeamish when it comes to seeing insects and arachnids, particularly stuff like those whip spiders, but your complete calmness and matter-of-fact attitude when handling and seeing them helps put me at ease too! Your videos with Centipedes took me from being pretty much nauseated at the sight of large, fast ones to relatively okay with them!
This is amazing! When I was doing the invertebrates class some years ago in my current biology degree our teacher tolds us that these guys were extremely hard to find, and then you go and show us a bunch of them so easily, this makes me wanna look for them myself, always found them extremely interesting but tought they were impossible to find. Great video
Velvet worms are pretty cool looking animals to me. I totally forgot about how they could shoot the sticky substance at their prey and as a defense. Over all I think velvet worms are beautiful because of the colors most species can have.
Hey there! Just stumbled across your channel via the youtube shorts (I hate tiktok), and after watching this video found out that you're actually kind of a small channel. I'm kind of blown away because your presentation is informative, capturing, and really well put together. Keep it up! Loving this kind of content, the little kid in me who loved bugs is coming out all over again!
That is amazing Ive never really see videos of these little guys they’re so beautiful. in captivity these aren’t too commonly kept few people have success but more people are discovering ways to properly keep them so maybe we’ll have an increase in the hobby in the future.
i like how the big velvet worm just casually crawls under the whip spider like "hey bro you mind if i come through here" and the spider's like "nah bro you're cool fam
Your videos are so cool! Super soothing and you run great commentary about the animals. Its obvious you're passionate about these creatures- super inspiring stuff, keep up the great work
Great video! It was interesting how you mentioned that the whip scorpion doesn’t mind the velvet worm even though the mucus could dissolve it’s chitin. I thought they would be somewhat immune because of their acetic acid defense mechanism
I thought it was just vinegaroons that were insusceptible to acetic acid, but perhaps it's both? Either way, the glue that velvet worms shoot is chemically dissimilar to the compounds that those arachnids' epicuticles protect against.
I've never heard of their glue being able to dissolve their prey, I don't think that's true. Once their prey is subdued they pierce it with their mouthparts and dissolve it with an enzyme like a spider does.
@@GeneralApathy I found out that "whip scorpions"(vinegaroons) and "whip spiders" are in different orders. What you have here looks like some kind of order Amblypygi "whip spider", which includes Paraphynus, but I have no idea about distinguishing genus. Anyway, I said they had acid spray in my previous comment, but now I think its just the "whip scorpion"(Mastigoproctus) that can do that.
found your channel through shorts, but i enjoy your longer videos! really enjoyable for someone like me who is curious about insects but afraid to handle one
I first saw pictures of Peripatidae in a book I got from the library when I was ten years old. I thought they were wonderful! Thank you so much for the excellent videos of these exquisite creatures!
Wow, almost every source I found always said these were rare and illusive, and was really excited when bugs in cyberspace got a colony. Seeing as they are this common, and the decently high demand for them for captivity, I wonder why it hasn't happened yet. Are they hard to breed in captivity?
They actually breed quite readily in captivity. The main issue is temperature, as many southern species are really susceptible to overheating. Although tropical ones like these are more tolerant.
in canada we had a guy import some tropical ones and hes selling off the juveniles 90 each. from what he said you just make a planted terrarium with hides and stuff and throw in feeders. they are communal and breed fine. I will pick some up eventually when i get some more cash
What an amazing channel, lol, I'm stoked for every video. I've never been near this part of the world, and it looks as beautiful as alien sometimes with how big and dazzling the bugs are.
Casually finding a species that everyone else says is "rare" and "incredibly hard to find". Ya know, just normal stuff. Interesting content. you've got my sub.
I remember seeing the bright blue velvet worms in my physiology lab and being a big fan of them since. Such a cool animal, too bad I didn't learn of then earlier, I'm sure I would have loved their very spiderman-esque papillae slime as a kid.
Velvet worms are such fancy lil things. I first learned about them from a game called Empires of the Undergrowth where you can end up fighting them as a Leaf cutter colony while trying to gather leaves, and when I saw them I was just like "soft, soft worm thing" and started to love em even tho I generally dont like worms lol.
velvet worms are awesome. cool to learn they live in like family groups ha. BTW a suggestion, you move the camera very quickly and shakily, it would be easier to watch if it was steadier
As an aspiring mycologist in nortern europe im quite jealous of the many specimens of leafcutter ant farms ur coming across here... God damn id dance in joy if I ever got to find one someday.
They're so cute and look so soft, easy to see where they got their name from. Love the creature that was sharing a rock home with that one worm; was it some kind of spider? And I didn't know clicker beetles grew that big! All the ones I've seen have been tiny, but maybe Ireland only has small species.
I just came from Panama. I was setting up my mom in a new place but in the City, quite far from where you were. Do you study these insects? How do you know whatever insect you find is not poisonous?
Those clicking beetles were pretty fun - but they are WAY too small (Czech republic). But I would be affraid this one would break my finger xD As kid, I took everything in my hand (well, at least everything I KNEW something about). My grandma wasn´t very pleased when her garden was filled by small lizards and snakes (can´t remember what´s it called in english, but the "snake" is actually legless lizard due to evolution). Fun times!
I'm not sure if im misthinking this or thinking of the hammerhead worm But is it dangerous to hold or touch these possibly because of parasites or produced chemicals or am I misthinking this? They look soft to the touch though
I dont even know why I clicked this.. but this is the thing of nightmares. I can't even believe there are people going out in the wildy alone in the dark to look for creepy crawlies O.O So like and comment just because this was left field, but interesting and well made.
Finding wild velvet worms has got to be the most rewarding thing ever.
Hey there.
@@justblitz453Well hello there
Why does he farm em for the silk or something?
@@bababab6906By “rewarding” I simply mean the excitement of seeing one. Nothing monetary or material.
@@bababab6906 This video explains why my velvet suit cost so much!
As someone who is made incredibly squeamish by bugs I'm both surprised and glad that the TH-cam algorithm brought me here. Can't get enough of this footage and commentary.
:D
I love your style, straight to the interesting stuff, no bullshitting around. Wonderful presentation too, excited to see more!
Thank you.
@@GeneralApathy are you the i flip 12 stones guy?
3:35 I love how you just treat the click beetle like a fidget toy.
I studied leafcutter ants in Costa Rica for a while (typically Atta Cephalotes or various Acromyrmex) and they taught us a lot about excavating and keeping colonies if you ever wanted to. To excavate the younger colonies you go about it roughly the same way as with your trapdoor spiders from your previous videos. You can dig a trench around a foot or so away from the opening of the colony and progressively dig down and towards it until hitting the main chamber. Then you can just scoop as much fungus (and hopefully the queen) as you can into a tupperware bin. It dosent matter how much you damage the structure, its actually amazing how they can just rearrange the fungus and build new structures. You can then place this smaller tupperware bin inside a much larger tupperware bin and uncover the lid loosely. To feed the colony simply place leaves on the loose lid inside the larger container, and give them test tubes with water. This only works for smaller colonies, but its still cool to do.
I love the click beetles. The ones we have around here are small-maybe half a centimeter. But very fascinating and entertaining.
I love click beetles too! I'm not familiar with their larval stage
@@lapislazarus8899 Actually, neither am I. 🤔
I'm usually incredibly squeamish when it comes to seeing insects and arachnids, particularly stuff like those whip spiders, but your complete calmness and matter-of-fact attitude when handling and seeing them helps put me at ease too!
Your videos with Centipedes took me from being pretty much nauseated at the sight of large, fast ones to relatively okay with them!
:D
This is amazing! When I was doing the invertebrates class some years ago in my current biology degree our teacher tolds us that these guys were extremely hard to find, and then you go and show us a bunch of them so easily, this makes me wanna look for them myself, always found them extremely interesting but tought they were impossible to find. Great video
Velvet worms are pretty cool looking animals to me. I totally forgot about how they could shoot the sticky substance at their prey and as a defense. Over all I think velvet worms are beautiful because of the colors most species can have.
I also shoot my sticky substance on my prey cuz I'm a predator
@@thickshmeat948 is that a EDP445 reference?
They look like they could make a cute plushie lol. Someone make a giant plushie velvet worm.
@@wisenotwise2676 what's that? I think they're making a child predator joke
@@thickshmeat948 bro what? 😂
It is comical to see how many velvet worms you have found, when I've always been told they were hella rare 😂 thank you for the video, amazing!
I really enjoyed this longer video. I like seeing how you find them and your longer explanations.
Hey there! Just stumbled across your channel via the youtube shorts (I hate tiktok), and after watching this video found out that you're actually kind of a small channel. I'm kind of blown away because your presentation is informative, capturing, and really well put together. Keep it up! Loving this kind of content, the little kid in me who loved bugs is coming out all over again!
Thank you so much, Isaiah. :D
awesome video. i love bugs but had never heard of velvet worms before this. i now think they’re so cute.
Thank you. I do too. :D
That is amazing Ive never really see videos of these little guys they’re so beautiful. in captivity these aren’t too commonly kept few people have success but more people are discovering ways to properly keep them so maybe we’ll have an increase in the hobby in the future.
i like how the big velvet worm just casually crawls under the whip spider like "hey bro you mind if i come through here" and the spider's like "nah bro you're cool fam
Your videos are so cool! Super soothing and you run great commentary about the animals. Its obvious you're passionate about these creatures- super inspiring stuff, keep up the great work
Great video! It was interesting how you mentioned that the whip scorpion doesn’t mind the velvet worm even though the mucus could dissolve it’s chitin. I thought they would be somewhat immune because of their acetic acid defense mechanism
I thought it was just vinegaroons that were insusceptible to acetic acid, but perhaps it's both? Either way, the glue that velvet worms shoot is chemically dissimilar to the compounds that those arachnids' epicuticles protect against.
@@GeneralApathy I thought vinegaroons and whip scorpions were the same thing. I’m no insectologist, clearly
I've never heard of their glue being able to dissolve their prey, I don't think that's true. Once their prey is subdued they pierce it with their mouthparts and dissolve it with an enzyme like a spider does.
@@GeneralApathy I found out that "whip scorpions"(vinegaroons) and "whip spiders" are in different orders. What you have here looks like some kind of order Amblypygi "whip spider", which includes Paraphynus, but I have no idea about distinguishing genus. Anyway, I said they had acid spray in my previous comment, but now I think its just the "whip scorpion"(Mastigoproctus) that can do that.
Wow, that’s a whole lot of velvet worms, I forget how awesome they were! Great video!
found your channel through shorts, but i enjoy your longer videos! really enjoyable for someone like me who is curious about insects but afraid to handle one
Thank you. :)
I first saw pictures of Peripatidae in a book I got from the library when I was ten years old. I thought they were wonderful! Thank you so much for the excellent videos of these exquisite creatures!
Loving your channel!
Wow, almost every source I found always said these were rare and illusive, and was really excited when bugs in cyberspace got a colony. Seeing as they are this common, and the decently high demand for them for captivity, I wonder why it hasn't happened yet. Are they hard to breed in captivity?
I am not sure. I have never had any in my care.
They actually breed quite readily in captivity. The main issue is temperature, as many southern species are really susceptible to overheating. Although tropical ones like these are more tolerant.
in canada we had a guy import some tropical ones and hes selling off the juveniles 90 each. from what he said you just make a planted terrarium with hides and stuff and throw in feeders. they are communal and breed fine.
I will pick some up eventually when i get some more cash
Great examples, excellent subject matter, wonderful video. 10/10
London England. I never knew these worms existed. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for showing and sharing.
I feel like I'm going to class when your videos appear and always learn a great deal. Thanks for this lesson when's
the next session ?
General public: "Velvet worms are hard to find!"
General Apathy: "Hold my beer..."
What an amazing channel, lol, I'm stoked for every video. I've never been near this part of the world, and it looks as beautiful as alien sometimes with how big and dazzling the bugs are.
so happy I found your channel. so many cool buggies!
I just discovered your channel this video was so fun and interesting to watch. Id never seen velvet worms before.
Casually finding a species that everyone else says is "rare" and "incredibly hard to find". Ya know, just normal stuff.
Interesting content. you've got my sub.
Wow your channel exploded fast. Congrats!
Thank you.
My aunt runs a horse ranch in Costa Rica that borders a nature preserve and she finds these on her property all the time!!
Omg you have a lot of beautiful videos! I love them so much! I'll recommend you to my friends that know English lmao xD
Greetings from Mexico!
Thank you for doing this. :D
It's like a snail and centipede had a baby.
Wow. I've looked for them in Costa Rica, New Zealand and Tasmania. No luck. You sure make it look easy.
I remember seeing the bright blue velvet worms in my physiology lab and being a big fan of them since. Such a cool animal, too bad I didn't learn of then earlier, I'm sure I would have loved their very spiderman-esque papillae slime as a kid.
Woah last time I was here you had like 1 k subs now you almost have 30k
This is great! Definitely showing this to my kids!
Also - You are now qualified to open your Velvet Weaver shop in Shariz! 😉
New sub, found ur shorts and came to check ur channel. Fascinating content. Thanks!
Velvet worms are such fancy lil things. I first learned about them from a game called Empires of the Undergrowth where you can end up fighting them as a Leaf cutter colony while trying to gather leaves, and when I saw them I was just like "soft, soft worm thing" and started to love em even tho I generally dont like worms lol.
Love your videos
That's definitely the first animal with over a dozen legs that I think is adorable.
0:40 what is that black orb next to the fungus?
An Amazon Tree Grape. Tasty.
@@GeneralApathy how did it get down there?
Pretty cute little things.
velvet worms are awesome. cool to learn they live in like family groups ha. BTW a suggestion, you move the camera very quickly and shakily, it would be easier to watch if it was steadier
My bad. It's due to low blood sugar.
i did my biology final on velvet worms in college last semester. theyre my favorite animal
As an aspiring mycologist in nortern europe im quite jealous of the many specimens of leafcutter ant farms ur coming across here...
God damn id dance in joy if I ever got to find one someday.
I love poking in stumps and trees and just exploring, but I couldn't do what you do and just pick them all up.
Fun video, new sub from me! 🤙🏻
They're so cute and look so soft, easy to see where they got their name from.
Love the creature that was sharing a rock home with that one worm; was it some kind of spider?
And I didn't know clicker beetles grew that big! All the ones I've seen have been tiny, but maybe Ireland only has small species.
The other creature was some type of whip scorpion or spider, they're definitely one of the more interesting types of arachnids.
Velvet Worm, rare living treasure.
they have to be the cutest most amazing little things on this planet.
Velvet worms are one of the most unique animal I've seen
Very cool to see some in the wild. Gives me se.good ideas for how to upgrade my enclosure for them.
just watching you casually holding these types of animals make my fear getting bitten by them go away
I just came from Panama. I was setting up my mom in a new place but in the City, quite far from where you were. Do you study these insects? How do you know whatever insect you find is not poisonous?
8:11 Looks like its doing a little dance of some sort.
I've never heard of these creatures.
I wish you included a description of them, and why you are looking for them.
Those clicking beetles were pretty fun - but they are WAY too small (Czech republic). But I would be affraid this one would break my finger xD
As kid, I took everything in my hand (well, at least everything I KNEW something about). My grandma wasn´t very pleased when her garden was filled by small lizards and snakes (can´t remember what´s it called in english, but the "snake" is actually legless lizard due to evolution). Fun times!
In my opinion, one of the most interesting animals out there!
i like how he says bullshit calmly
They're kind of cute, which is something I never thought I'd say about a creature with so many legs
I'm not sure if im misthinking this or thinking of the hammerhead worm
But is it dangerous to hold or touch these possibly because of parasites or produced chemicals or am I misthinking this?
They look soft to the touch though
no they are pretty harmless, slugs and hammerheads are host to the nasty parasites
I love it so much and I'm crying with discomfort simultaneously.
Velvet worms looks cool, like Slurms McKenzie in Futurama 😎
At first, I thought you were searching for velvet _ants,_ and I was *_VERY_* concerned.
very cool vid, can't wait to go back to central america
Best arthropod. They're so cool looking.
Panarthropod
They're sisters to arthropods but not part of arthropoda due to never evolving an exoskeleton.
wow your channel is awesome
Very interesting video! What about neo-tropical giant centipedes?
Oddly enough, there weren’t any in this area of Panama. Just Otostigmus.
Thank you Professor Oak
cute worms! never seen those creatures before)
Are they worms like annalids are worms?
The fact of how rare those things are, you found multiple.
I dont even know why I clicked this.. but this is the thing of nightmares. I can't even believe there are people going out in the wildy alone in the dark to look for creepy crawlies O.O
So like and comment just because this was left field, but interesting and well made.
i found these also in Europa in the woods
yesss the worm sprayed you that’s awesome
This makes me want to play a game like path of titans but with insects, spiders and worms and such...
Love the Tityus. What area are you in. Possibility festae
This one was found near David. It should be T. pachyurus, but you could be right.
T.pachyurus tend to be redder
If centipedes had to look family friendly
What a curious creature!
you keep the insects you catch at home?
Please show more interesting creatures! :)
I have lots of them in my backyard
Such weird and cute little fellas
Arent those rare? Or Is It Red Velvet Worm?
Dude apologized for picking at a rotten stump in Panama!!!🤣 I am literally rofl!!! It’s ok lol
So they dont bite?
I love velvet worms! They are like a toy centipede but with better weapons
Do they make good pets I've heard mixed reviews would like to add them to my Collection
woooow, they're so cuute
They walk like little astronauts!!
Omg it's like an invertebrate goldmine there! 😍 So jealous!
What do you do with them?
Do they bite
Do you live in Panama? What about selling those for Mexico?
? What you gonna do with them?
The bugs there are huge!
الكائنات الحية تتنوع في الاشكال و التصاميم لأنها تريد التأقم مع البيئة فتتطور لكي تبقى على قيد الحياة
love your channel, is there any way i can purchase one of these from you?
i was wondering how tasteful a velvet worm is, unfortunately they dont live in my country, but i do want to try some velvet cuisine
I wonder what they taste like