After much deliberation and procrastination (mostly procrastination) another ant documentary is finally done! Thought today (World Wildlife Day) would be an appropriate time to share this. They really should change it to every day! Hope you enjoyed :)
I found the fact that Weaver ants use their larvae' silk to "sew" leaves together to form their nests, and when their nest dries up they get a new one by "sewing" a new one together! They are truly fascinating species of ant.
@Ry-Sky Skeliton if i do win...ill use it for my new queen scarlet...my C. consobrinus queen! i caught her just before the fires...we went away on holiday and i came back and found her, grabbed her and made a cool lil home for her, you can see my vids on her from what i have posted.
The thing i love most about weaver ants is how they cease their prey. The way they pull their victims legs is such an interesting and smart way to take down prey
The thing that interests me the most about weaver ants is their strange appearance and posture because weaver ants come in a variety of different colours and it looks like they often have their gaster pointed in the air
The things I love about weaver ants are their beautiful colour distribution and their magnificent kingdoms of nests throughout the canopy’s! When I first saw them I immediately fell in love with ant keeping and announced them as my favourite species of ants.
WOW no joke I live in Kuranda, (A small town in the rain forest near cairns), which is where some of this was filmed. Also the queen of this species looks soooo beautiful!
My favorite thing about weaver ants is their unique appearance which is quite strange compared to other ants I feel like this species of ant is highly under rated
I love how weaver ants construct their nests taking the silk from their larvae and practically glueing leaves to each other creating their beautiful, magnificent leaf bundles where they live and raise their young.
What I find most facinating about weaver ants is that they are always ready to move to another area and how they use teamwork to move and bend massive leaves into a nice home. Using not only the adult ant's strength and power but there young to! It's like a portable kingdom. I also think it is amazing how they can get food from other insects (aphids) without having to attack them.
What I find most interesting about weaver ants is that they scavenge during low tide and can then bring their findings back to their leaf nests which are meters high!
I love the way Weaver Ants interact with their environment. They seem perfectly adapted to living in the canopies of rain forests with their intricate leaf nests, farming techniques and territorial nature; all allowing for them to stay as the top dogs of their own ecosystems, even if they lack the size of other predators. I was lucky enough to see a colony when I visited Queensland last year, which really sparked my own interest in ant keeping. Their extraordinary social lives have always had me stunned and I'm certainly looking into getting a colony of these beauties now. Thanks Ants Australia and looking forward to your next video!
The Thing that I find most interesting about Weaver Ants is that there ability to work as a team is incredible.The way that they can be bothered to bring something so big to the colony so they can feed there brood shows that they really love the colony just like us humans love are family’s.Thank you Jordan!!!
I love the way weaver ants grab on to their prey, its so cool looking at them gripping on a limb on a insect. Their formic acid spray is also really cool, imagine shooting acid from your behind:)
The thing I find most interesting about weaver ants is their ingenuity in nest construction and their ability to cultivate other insect species as a source of food. Like the leaf cutters, who grow their own food, this kind of animal husbandry (or rather insect husbandry) is so unique and really shows how amazing ant colonies can be.
I just love the way the Weaver ants stick their abdomens up whenever there's a threat available. This was a really interesting documentary, with a very serious but necessary note at the end.
I find it most interesting the way the build their homes. They stay above ground to avoid predators but on top of that the way they hold together and use the larval silk to weave their houses really shows how they all work together. It’s not just the larva and doing the work but it’s the workers holding the leaf together as well
I love and have found weaver ants so fascinating and seeing how they work as a team, knowing so much information from you Jordan Dean, making me feel very passionate of ant keeping since last year. Having great documentaries about Bull ants, Pheidole, etc. Weavers ants are awesome, working as a team together and connect leaf to leaf. Also, the workers construct nests by weaving together the leaves around them, as they would use larval silk As they have big colonies, filled with workers, in a compacted leaf nest, making a majestically and very unusual nesting styles, as they live up in trees, not in the soils below. Also having a green gaster and mostly having them pointing upwards and more. That is why weaver ants are so interesting to me and is a cool species to see, I hope I see them in real life 😊 Thank you for reading this and sorry for the delay for answering the question, because I have been watching your other videos because I have some of the same species, and needing to build AAC Formicarium’s etc. Congratulations getting over 100K Subscribers!!!
The thing i find most interesting about weaver ants is how they consider their surroundings while picking a spot for thier nest. For example when they make their nest next to a beach because it allows the sun to heat them up.
Hey Jordan love your vids! I know its probably too late to submit this but I will do it anyway. I find weaver ants most interesting is the way they use their larvae as a kind of glue to build, and repair their nests. I also find it interesting how weaver ants are all sorts of colours. They are typically an orange or red colour, though sometimes they will have green abdomens, while the queen is often a combination of brown and green. Anyway thanks for reading, looking foward to the next episode!
Hi Jordan What I found most interesting about weaver ants is that they anchor themselves to something like a leaf to construct their treetop homes and work together tremendously without fail and make amazing nests! Thanks
The thing that i love the most about Weaver ant is the way they build there nest out of the silk that there larva produce and how territoriel they are. Ants are awesome.
I just find it astonishing how such little creatures can make such a great cohesive colony. It's amazing how they take leaves from trees and use their own brood as glue to connect each leaf to a proper position to build the perfect nest. Thanks for putting out these great videos btw.
What interests me most about weaver ants is their capability to construct living bridges using their mandibles and excellent gripping strength. I also find it interesting how active they must be to always be ready to make a new nest. I find it funny how they use the larvae almost as bottles of glue when they sew or glue leaves together. This ant species is by far one of my favorites because of how they act, Their green queen and the colors of the workers are just beautiful and strong. Glad your back! Keep up the good work!
Besides weaver ants I loved how this video went from a informative weaver ant documentary to a important recognition of human carbon emissions as well climate change and awareness towards Australia’s bushfires, as well as the severity of how Australia’s animals are being impacted
What interests me the most in weaver ants its their notable nest construction. Not just because they stick leaves together and taking advantage of the sun heat, creating a good stable environment inside the nest, optimal for their broods development, but also because big colonies have multiple nests interconnected through all the vines and branches of the canopy that almost resemble big cities that lead to each other through higways XD Congrats on yet another great video 👏, keep up with your amazing work
I must say I am grateful to be able to watch this documentary free on your chanel... it does seem like it took quite some effort to produce... Thank you jordan
One of my favourite parts about weaver ants is how they make their nest! It’s amazing that all stages of an ants life is useful in the making of the colonie. I wish I could have a weaver ant colonie one day, but unfortunately they don’t live around where I live as it is too cold.
What I find most interesting about Weaver ants is the way they can occupy such a diverse range of habitat niches, from the tree tops, to tidal areas. Such a beautiful species.
What I find most interesting about Weaver Ants is the was they all are able to work together to subdue their prey. It’s amazing how well they work together and they all know how they are supposed to do it. These are some amazing ant species and it’s so wonderful to be able to see them up close in their natural habitat.
The part that i foud more interestig is the way that they build their nest, we usuallly think that ants only live under the ground or into the wood like camponotus did, but this species is awesome!
Hai Jordon! I love your videos! They are amazing! Keep up the great work! Oh and the things I love most about Weaver Ants 🐜 is how they use their larvae to create their home! I find this so fascinating because the next generation is actually the key to keeping the queen and the rest of the colony safe! It’s amazing how the larvae can just produce silk like that and how the colonies are still so strong even though they move and make nests often! The nests are so silvery, beautiful and strong and are so beautifully constructed! (P.s this is for the contest!) They really are a interesting and fascinating species of ant! So unique! Again, love your videos and keep up the amazing work! You really do help ants enthusiasts so much! Keep up the awesome work!
To me the most interesting thing about weaver ants is how they can work like a team and use their siblings (larvea) to build their nests Its so fascinating. Also im happy you are back.
What interest me the most about weaver ants is that they will latch onto other ants or insects and wait till backup is there.Weaver ants are so cool and i think it would be super cool to keep them!🐜🐜❤️
The thing that I found most interesting about weaver ants is that their colonies can be spread over more than a hundred nests across many trees! It fascinates me how a huge colony can make their home by unusually sewing leaves together in not just one tree but over a span of many!
My favorite part about weaver ants is that they can easily use their bodies to make long bridges to get to a foraging area to then find food,another thing that I love about them is that unlike in other species,weaver ants have more majors rather than minors.There are so many more reasons I love these guys but it would take to long to write them all down.Great video and I'm happy you posted again Jordan👍👍👍🐜
I love how they form living bridges to help each other cross certain areas in which other won't be able to. And how they use their young to build their nest. So Cool! Thanks so much Jordan on the amazing work you've done on this channel. It means a lot. You've inspired me to start ant keeping in the first place, and even make my own channel. I'll be sure to recommend and feature you in my videos, as well as providing you with soon - to - come ant formicariums. And in the meantime, queen ants! :)
Top tier video! And one of my favorite species!!! Well worth the wait. The thing I like most about weaver ants is how the young ones are so integral to the building of the nests! Amazing use of silk
Hi Jordan ! My favourite thing about weaver ants are that they make multiple leaf nests and have territory that they roam and make other satellite nests in but at the centre of their territory they have their mother nest where they keep the queen safe! I also love that weaver ants use other workers as pins to hold leaves together, I love their dedication and teamwork! Thanks!
The thing I love most about weaver ants is just how unique they are. They live above the ground and in the trees vs. living underground. I also love the fact that they use silk from their larvae to construct nests. The queens are also very beautiful. They can come in a variety of colors, from neon green to bright yellow to even hues of blue and red. They truly are one of the most amazing ant species ever. I❤️🐜
Jordan, congratulations for your new video. You hadnt posted anything in a long time but when you came back it was astonishing. Once again, congratulations for this high quality and extremely entertainment video. Thank you, we brazillian keepers love your channel!
You are my favourite ant keeping youtuber. Your videos are educational, mature and very enjoyable! The footage is amazing too! Keep up the good work dude
I just love the uniqueness of the way that they build their nests foraging for large leaves intricately sticking them together with their own silk to create a safe and structurally stable nest.
I find it interesting how they can continuously rebuild and relocate their homes with such consistency and ease. Most ants move around, but don't have to put in nearly the same effort as the weaver ants. Also, you just have to love that threat posture :)
What I find the most interesting about weaver ants is how they have evolved to produce such an interesting method for the construction of their nests, especially when it comes to some ants grabbing both parts of the leaf and the fact that they use silk from their own larvae to make them. Very interesting species.
What interest me most about Australian weaver ants is that they love to prey on small insects whilst also supplementing their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew! Also, that the fact that they have evolved to use their own larvae to build their silken leafy homes. AMAZING species for sure. Would love to win this!
The weaver ants like many ants have the ability to have such a connected lifestyle like humans. They are always helping each other out. Defending the nest by the entrance, making an amazing bridge to make the trek back home a little easier, grabbing onto other ants and pinning them down to wait for their fellow workers to help them out. I also like how aggressive they are and how they utilize their formic acid to break down food or deterring away potential predators or threats. These ants are one of the most interesting ants i have ever heard about.It really fascinated me how that evolution brought these ants into the trees making very intricate nest with they’re larvae’s silk to stay warm in the sun. This video was very interesting, good to have you back
The most interesting things about weaver ants is how they make such a nest, they use their larvae's silk to stick some leaves together making a nest and i also like their very sharp mandables,
I find weaver ants to be extremely interesting to observe, but unfortunately I live where they do not, so thanks to creators like you I can watch their amazing teamwork, aggressiveness, and ingenuity with day to day life. My favorite thing about is the last, their ingenuity, thank you for being a creator on this platform.
I found that the most interesting part was the way each individual ant locks together to form one mighty bridge, which also enables them to take sort-cuts back to their nests. All the way in some pictures f the highest branches of trees! They are so incredible!
Weaver ants are one of the most fascinating species of ant. The way that they have adapted perfectly to arboreal life is amazing, from the way they create their homes to their green coloration to help them blend in. They are a perfect adaptation for life in the trees! The way that they utilise the silk produced by their larvae to "stitch" leaves together will never cease to amaze me, and to achieve this is an awesome feat of evolution!
It amazes me that the Weaver Ants have a sense of the tides. To be able to gather food and collectively organise it's transport out of the flooded areas before the tide returns is just fascinating.
What I find the most interesting about Weaver ants is just how similar they are in their daily life to us humans! I love being able to join the ants in their world, on their level. Seeing them work together either by tearing their prey into more manageable pieces and taking each piece back individually, or by lifting their future meal up the side of a tree as a team reminds me of how we humans find strength in numbers as well. We work together every day just as the Weavers do, whether it's at work or at home with our family cooking dinner. I also loved seeing the different roles within the colony, and again this reminded me of daily human life. Ants have such an intricate way of surviving that really makes me immediately think of either bees or humans. I believe that is a sign of a good nature documentary, one that is eye opening to the nature of our existence and just how similar all of us creatures are on earth. We're all just trying to survive, and are right where we're supposed to be :)
I find it very interesting that weaver ants use their larvae to Stich the leaves together .Its a good way to use their silk .Its very interesting because normally most Ants nest in tree stumps or in the ground .Their color is also very nice .Love to video ,don’t stop !
What I like most about weaver ants is how efficient they are and how they construct there nest in the treetops and how even the larvae help in Construction of there nest and there colors are nice to.
The thing I find most interesting about weaver ants, is not necessarily that they weave leaves together, but that they started doing it. I even find it hard to imagine how some ants started using their larvae to stick leaves together instead of digging a nest underground. Those things are completely different. Could it be an accident? That one day, a larva tried to make a cocoon, but accidentally made two leaves stick together? Or maybe there was a very smart ant, the Einstein among the ants, who thought of a theory to make a treehouse from leaves and the silk of his young daughters😂. But that isn't the only thing. There are so many things that weaver ants do to sustain their nest and colony. It is just mindblowing to think about it, and how it all started. Just fascinating. I live in west Europe, and I don 't know a lot about weaver ants. I have seen them on pictures and in video's, but that is it. My dream is to one time get a colony of them, because every time I see them, I get truly fascinated. P.S., i'm looking for a nice y-tong nest for my young messor barbarus colony 😁😉
I love how they build nests in the leaves because it is very unique to other species and they do it with there own larvae!! Thanks for making this vid. I love these guys
The thing I like most about weaver ants is how sustainably they live. They build their homes and live their lives with no negative environmental footprint, an recycle their nest weaving silk! There is just so much we can learn from ants!
Great video! , what I found most interesting about weaver ants is the fact that they make their body vibrate to warn their sister’s about posible dangers or about posible food sources, I also think that is very cool that they have got a green gaster, I really like that sometimes you can se the ants organs inside of it. Good luck!
I really like how weaver ants have created their own niche within forested environments, and use natural resources to their advantage, such as building nests in areas of trees which are exposed to more sunlight to speed up their own developmental processes. I also really like that every member of the colony contributes to its survival, even the young.
I came to Australia (from Canada) a few years ago and met some of these ants up in the Daintree where I stayed for part of my trip and I spent ~2 hours sitting and watching them work. It was so nice to just enjoy watching nature doing its thing in a place so far from home. I might never get back but I’ll never forget that trip. Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo was my highlight and if anyone ever makes it down under it is a must see!
Amazing video, the quality is simply stunning! i loved the ending and the talk about enviroment, I wish more people would talk about it. Keep up the excellent work, cheers!
What i find to be the most interesting, is the way the 'beach colonies' use the tides to their advantage. And how they drag their prey up the tree when the tides are coming up! Amazing specialized behaviour!
The most interesting thing about weaver ants is how they work together. Not only the adults work really good together but the adults also need the pupae to make their nests to live in. It is fantastic to see how the adult work to pull the leaves together and how others use the silk of the pupae to attach it.
Well done again Jordan on such an amazing video, not only did you capture awsome shots and the story line was well crafted but the production value of this vid is to an impeccable standard. You do some amazing work brother you are the ant king of Australia. Good work on mentioning the fires and only scratching the surface on what has been a traumatic time here in Australia. Look forward to the next vid
The thing I find most fascinating about weaver ants, is the incredible variety of different leaves they are able to utilise in their nest building. They can use broad leaves, and even leaves as basically pine needles, and still construct very large and intricate nests. Truly a versatile and unique species of ant :)
The thing that interests me most about weaver ants is their productivity in constantly creating new nest and also just how quirky they are living up in the trees and constructing nests out of leaves. It does make me wonder how newly mated queens nest considering they do not have larva yet. PS ants Australia is finally back I was beginning to lose hope!
I think the most interesting thing about green ants is their method of nest building. Stitching together leaves using their own young’s silk is so cool! I also think they’re some of the prettiest ants. And this isn’t exactly an interesting thing about green ants, but I think it’s amazing that there are spiders that mimic the general look and scent of green ants that way they can blend in and pick off an occasional worker when they’re alone and the other ants don’t pay any attention to them. Also how would you house ants like this? Can you even do it or do they need too much space to be housed appropriately? And thank you so much for these videos, I only found this channel recently but I’ve been obsessed with ants lately and this channel has helped me learn a lot, so thank you so much! I look forward to getting you to 100k subs!
I find the most interesting thing about weaver ants is their engineering, the way they weave their arboreal leaf nests using silk from their larvae and holding leaves together by creating small chains of ants for them to be glued together. It is so complex and far more fascinating than human engineering.
Weaver ants use their bodies to hold leaves together while they use silk from their larva to glue the leaves together. Another thing is that they live in trees and not in the ground, making them like ant birds.
This is a amazing video. Your channel is incredibly educational for everyone. I like many things about weaver ants. I find it amazing that this family is separated into longinoda that control the African tree tops and smaragdina that rules tropical Austro-Asia. I like how they dominate their particular ecological niche by making a strong hold of the entire canopy from root to shoot. I like the remarkable versatility they have over thin and wide leaf for nest building, and super glue the materials in place with larval silk that is almost entirely composed of random coils and beta sheets. I like how they butcher, utilizing their immense strength and extra adhesive soft pads to hold their prey in place, and quarter their prey mercilessly. I like the intricate role they carve into their environment. From the magical Liphyra brassolis that depends on their larvae for survival, to the Hypolycaena erylus that they guard like giant mobile nectar dispensers. I like their care over numerous scale insects and leaf hoppers, which they tend like cattle on the vast fractal geometric green savannah that is the tree top. I likehow weaver ant metropolis are haunted by their own shape shifters like crab spiders from the family Amyciaea and jumping spiders like Myrmaplata plataleoides, that uses aggressive mimicry to hunt down appropriately sized weaver soldiers and brood. I like how they are utilized by Asian citrus farmers to control insect populations. I respect the tenacity and adaptability of weaver ants, that they are able to tolerate being abused and farmed in candy bottles by southeast Asian locals, yet still grew into enormous colonies that can be harvested for their young. I dream of having a large green house of sufficient internal control to provide a home for an empire of Orvophylla. May my dream one day be true.
The unique colouring and shape of weaver ants makes them the most beautiful ant species to me. The green patterned abdomen and thin brown limbs make for a very pretty species imo.
Finally another video, since watching all your videos I have been inspired get into antkeeping myself. I am the proud keeper of 3 small pheidole colonies
Thanks man your binging me back in to ant keeping after antscanada stopped giving raw ant content and instead just dragging on videos for the views and trying to make a story out of everything. Now I remember what I feel in love with ant keeping 👍 keep the videos rolling I really look forward to them
The reason I love weaver ants is the way they build the nests so fast. I live in a region where they are absolutely everywhere! I could be taking a walk and the next day go on the same walk and there will be new weaver ant nests in some of the trees. I wish I could keep this species, as the alates are everywhere, but they are too much work. I also love how they make the bridges and sometimes have their huge raves on the ground for me to accidentally step in.
I think the most interesting thing about Weaver ants is the way that they pull apart their prey, and use formic acid to break it apart. The formic acid kind of gives their gaster a green tinge. I also think it’s cool that they make little mini outposts, they’re such good architects.
I just find their behavioral evolutionary differences between other ants, even amongst their own kind, so fascinating. Their nest weaving is one example, but another is even though most colonies are single queened, for some reason in the northern territory, in particular, colonies are more often polygynous.
I like how weaver ants work together to kill any intruder, I find it interesting that they all know what to do when a intruder is present, I love the technique they use to kill said intruder it’s very similar to how camponotus ants attack their victims minus the acid.
Thanks Jordan, was worth the wait to see your weaver ant documentary! I personally like the way farmers use these guys (or girls I should say!) As pest control on their farms, that and the way they all huddle together to form bridges and reach leaves is so cool! Looking forward to the next one! Hopefully not quite as long a wait please ;) cheers
What I find very interesting about weaver ant is how sensitive they are around their environment and the way they go all out to defend their members 😊😊
After much deliberation and procrastination (mostly procrastination) another ant documentary is finally done! Thought today (World Wildlife Day) would be an appropriate time to share this. They really should change it to every day! Hope you enjoyed :)
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I found the fact that Weaver ants use their larvae' silk to "sew" leaves together to form their nests, and when their nest dries up they get a new one by "sewing" a new one together!
They are truly fascinating species of ant.
yes, I agree, but when the silk is still new I sometimes find that the nests can fall apart pretty easily compared to the older ones
@Ry-Sky Skeliton if i do win...ill use it for my new queen scarlet...my C. consobrinus queen! i caught her just before the fires...we went away on holiday and i came back and found her, grabbed her and made a cool lil home for her, you can see my vids on her from what i have posted.
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The thing i love most about weaver ants is how they cease their prey. The way they pull their victims legs is such an interesting and smart way to take down prey
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The thing that interests me the most about weaver ants is their strange appearance and posture because weaver ants come in a variety of different colours and it looks like they often have their gaster pointed in the air
I think they're doing this because they see ants australia's camera pointing towards them, and feel threatened so they do that as a show of strength
The things I love about weaver ants are their beautiful colour distribution and their magnificent kingdoms of nests throughout the canopy’s! When I first saw them I immediately fell in love with ant keeping and announced them as my favourite species of ants.
WOW no joke I live in Kuranda, (A small town in the rain forest near cairns), which is where some of this was filmed. Also the queen of this species looks soooo beautiful!
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Omg I literally just went there on vacation. I went to kuranda koala gardens.
My favorite thing about weaver ants is their unique appearance which is quite strange compared to other ants I feel like this species of ant is highly under rated
I love how weaver ants construct their nests taking the silk from their larvae and practically glueing leaves to each other creating their beautiful, magnificent leaf bundles where they live and raise their young.
What I find most facinating about weaver ants is that they are always ready to move to another area and how they use teamwork to move and bend massive leaves into a nice home. Using not only the adult ant's strength and power but there young to! It's like a portable kingdom. I also think it is amazing how they can get food from other insects (aphids) without having to attack them.
What I find most interesting about weaver ants is that they scavenge during low tide and can then bring their findings back to their leaf nests which are meters high!
I love the way Weaver Ants interact with their environment. They seem perfectly adapted to living in the canopies of rain forests with their intricate leaf nests, farming techniques and territorial nature; all allowing for them to stay as the top dogs of their own ecosystems, even if they lack the size of other predators. I was lucky enough to see a colony when I visited Queensland last year, which really sparked my own interest in ant keeping. Their extraordinary social lives have always had me stunned and I'm certainly looking into getting a colony of these beauties now. Thanks Ants Australia and looking forward to your next video!
The Thing that I find most interesting about Weaver Ants is that there ability to work as a team is incredible.The way that they can be bothered to bring something so big to the colony so they can feed there brood shows that they really love the colony just like us humans love are family’s.Thank you Jordan!!!
I love the way weaver ants grab on to their prey, its so cool looking at them gripping on a limb on a insect. Their formic acid spray is also really cool, imagine shooting acid from your behind:)
The thing I find most interesting about weaver ants is their ingenuity in nest construction and their ability to cultivate other insect species as a source of food. Like the leaf cutters, who grow their own food, this kind of animal husbandry (or rather insect husbandry) is so unique and really shows how amazing ant colonies can be.
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I found most interests in weaver ant when they make there nest in leafs and when they use there own larval and when they work together like people
I just love the way the Weaver ants stick their abdomens up whenever there's a threat available. This was a really interesting documentary, with a very serious but necessary note at the end.
I find it most interesting the way the build their homes. They stay above ground to avoid predators but on top of that the way they hold together and use the larval silk to weave their houses really shows how they all work together. It’s not just the larva and doing the work but it’s the workers holding the leaf together as well
I love and have found weaver ants so fascinating and seeing how they work as a team, knowing so much information from you Jordan Dean, making me feel very passionate of ant keeping since last year. Having great documentaries about Bull ants, Pheidole, etc. Weavers ants are awesome, working as a team together and connect leaf to leaf. Also, the workers construct nests by weaving together the leaves around them, as they would use larval silk As they have big colonies, filled with workers, in a compacted leaf nest, making a majestically and very unusual nesting styles, as they live up in trees, not in the soils below. Also having a green gaster and mostly having them pointing upwards and more. That is why weaver ants are so interesting to me and is a cool species to see, I hope I see them in real life 😊 Thank you for reading this and sorry for the delay for answering the question, because I have been watching your other videos because I have some of the same species, and needing to build AAC Formicarium’s etc. Congratulations getting over 100K Subscribers!!!
The thing i find most interesting about weaver ants is how they consider their surroundings while picking a spot for thier nest. For example when they make their nest next to a beach because it allows the sun to heat them up.
Hey Jordan love your vids! I know its probably too late to submit this but I will do it anyway. I find weaver ants most interesting is the way they use their larvae as a kind of glue to build, and repair their nests. I also find it interesting how weaver ants are all sorts of colours. They are typically an orange or red colour, though sometimes they will have green abdomens, while the queen is often a combination of brown and green. Anyway thanks for reading, looking foward to the next episode!
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What I found most interesting about weaver ants is that they anchor themselves to something like a leaf to construct their treetop homes and work together tremendously without fail and make amazing nests!
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The thing that i love the most about Weaver ant is the way they build there nest out of the silk that there larva produce and how territoriel they are. Ants are awesome.
I just find it astonishing how such little creatures can make such a great cohesive colony. It's amazing how they take leaves from trees and use their own brood as glue to connect each leaf to a proper position to build the perfect nest. Thanks for putting out these great videos btw.
What interests me most about weaver ants is their capability to construct living bridges using their mandibles and excellent gripping strength. I also find it interesting how active they must be to always be ready to make a new nest. I find it funny how they use the larvae almost as bottles of glue when they sew or glue leaves together. This ant species is by far one of my favorites because of how they act, Their green queen and the colors of the workers are just beautiful and strong. Glad your back! Keep up the good work!
What I love weaver ant is their building techniques by using their bodies to hold the leaves and then other ant using the larvae silk to stick them
Besides weaver ants I loved how this video went from a informative weaver ant documentary to a important recognition of human carbon emissions as well climate change and awareness towards Australia’s bushfires, as well as the severity of how Australia’s animals are being impacted
What interests me the most in weaver ants its their notable nest construction. Not just because they stick leaves together and taking advantage of the sun heat, creating a good stable environment inside the nest, optimal for their broods development, but also because big colonies have multiple nests interconnected through all the vines and branches of the canopy that almost resemble big cities that lead to each other through higways XD
Congrats on yet another great video 👏, keep up with your amazing work
I must say I am grateful to be able to watch this documentary free on your chanel... it does seem like it took quite some effort to produce... Thank you jordan
What I find most interesting is how aggressive they are when foraging. One of my favourite ant species!
One of my favourite parts about weaver ants is how they make their nest! It’s amazing that all stages of an ants life is useful in the making of the colonie. I wish I could have a weaver ant colonie one day, but unfortunately they don’t live around where I live as it is too cold.
What I find most interesting about Weaver ants is the way they can occupy such a diverse range of habitat niches, from the tree tops, to tidal areas. Such a beautiful species.
What I find most interesting about Weaver Ants is the was they all are able to work together to subdue their prey. It’s amazing how well they work together and they all know how they are supposed to do it. These are some amazing ant species and it’s so wonderful to be able to see them up close in their natural habitat.
So happy that you are back
The part that i foud more interestig is the way that they build their nest, we usuallly think that ants only live under the ground or into the wood like camponotus did, but this species is awesome!
Hai Jordon! I love your videos! They are amazing! Keep up the great work! Oh and the things I love most about Weaver Ants 🐜 is how they use their larvae to create their home! I find this so fascinating because the next generation is actually the key to keeping the queen and the rest of the colony safe! It’s amazing how the larvae can just produce silk like that and how the colonies are still so strong even though they move and make nests often! The nests are so silvery, beautiful and strong and are so beautifully constructed! (P.s this is for the contest!) They really are a interesting and fascinating species of ant! So unique! Again, love your videos and keep up the amazing work! You really do help ants enthusiasts so much! Keep up the awesome work!
To me the most interesting thing about weaver ants is how they can work like a team and use their siblings (larvea) to build their nests Its so fascinating. Also im happy you are back.
What interest me the most about weaver ants is that they will latch onto other ants or insects and wait till backup is there.Weaver ants are so cool and i think it would be super cool to keep them!🐜🐜❤️
The thing that I found most interesting about weaver ants is that their colonies can be spread over more than a hundred nests across many trees! It fascinates me how a huge colony can make their home by unusually sewing leaves together in not just one tree but over a span of many!
My favorite part about weaver ants is that they can easily use their bodies to make long bridges to get to a foraging area to then find food,another thing that I love about them is that unlike in other species,weaver ants have more majors rather than minors.There are so many more reasons I love these guys but it would take to long to write them all down.Great video and I'm happy you posted again Jordan👍👍👍🐜
I love how they form living bridges to help each other cross certain areas in which other won't be able to. And how they use their young to build their nest. So Cool! Thanks so much Jordan on the amazing work you've done on this channel. It means a lot. You've inspired me to start ant keeping in the first place, and even make my own channel. I'll be sure to recommend and feature you in my videos, as well as providing you with soon - to - come ant formicariums. And in the meantime, queen ants! :)
Top tier video! And one of my favorite species!!! Well worth the wait.
The thing I like most about weaver ants is how the young ones are so integral to the building of the nests! Amazing use of silk
The thing i find most interesting about the weaver ants is the way they use their young to help build their nest!
Hi Jordan !
My favourite thing about weaver ants are that they make multiple leaf nests and have territory that they roam and make other satellite nests in but at the centre of their territory they have their mother nest where they keep the queen safe! I also love that weaver ants use other workers as pins to hold leaves together, I love their dedication and teamwork!
Thanks!
The thing I love most about weaver ants is just how unique they are. They live above the ground and in the trees vs. living underground. I also love the fact that they use silk from their larvae to construct nests. The queens are also very beautiful. They can come in a variety of colors, from neon green to bright yellow to even hues of blue and red. They truly are one of the most amazing ant species ever. I❤️🐜
Jordan, congratulations for your new video. You hadnt posted anything in a long time but when you came back it was astonishing. Once again, congratulations for this high quality and extremely entertainment video. Thank you, we brazillian keepers love your channel!
I live in Thailand and usually see these guys. They are truly incredible.
Really loving the increase in production quality here!!! Great camera work with the close ups and gorgeous rainforest and tropics shots.
You are my favorite ant channel on youtube, your voice & BGM are just perfect ASMR & the videos are so clean & crisp.
You are my favourite ant keeping youtuber. Your videos are educational, mature and very enjoyable! The footage is amazing too! Keep up the good work dude
I just love the uniqueness of the way that they build their nests foraging for large leaves intricately sticking them together with their own silk to create a safe and structurally stable nest.
I find it interesting how they can continuously rebuild and relocate their homes with such consistency and ease. Most ants move around, but don't have to put in nearly the same effort as the weaver ants. Also, you just have to love that threat posture :)
What I find the most interesting about weaver ants is how they have evolved to produce such an interesting method for the construction of their nests, especially when it comes to some ants grabbing both parts of the leaf and the fact that they use silk from their own larvae to make them. Very interesting species.
You are literally my favorite ant channel. Welcome back my friend!
What interest me most about Australian weaver ants is that they love to prey on small insects whilst also supplementing their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew! Also, that the fact that they have evolved to use their own larvae to build their silken leafy homes. AMAZING species for sure. Would love to win this!
The weaver ants like many ants have the ability to have such a connected lifestyle like humans.
They are always helping each other out. Defending the nest by the entrance, making an amazing bridge to make the trek back home a little easier, grabbing onto other ants and pinning them down to wait for their fellow workers to help them out. I also like how aggressive they are and how they utilize their formic acid to break down food or deterring away potential predators or threats. These ants are one of the most interesting ants i have ever heard about.It really fascinated me how that evolution brought these ants into the trees making very intricate nest with they’re larvae’s silk to stay warm in the sun.
This video was very interesting, good to have you back
The most interesting things about weaver ants is how they make such a nest, they use their larvae's silk to stick some leaves together making a nest and i also like their very sharp mandables,
This channel explains it in good detail th-cam.com/video/r243DHpvflA/w-d-xo.html
I find weaver ants to be extremely interesting to observe, but unfortunately I live where they do not, so thanks to creators like you I can watch their amazing teamwork, aggressiveness, and ingenuity with day to day life. My favorite thing about is the last, their ingenuity, thank you for being a creator on this platform.
I found that the most interesting part was the way each individual ant locks together to form one mighty bridge, which also enables them to take sort-cuts back to their nests. All the way in some pictures f the highest branches of trees! They are so incredible!
Weaver ants are one of the most fascinating species of ant. The way that they have adapted perfectly to arboreal life is amazing, from the way they create their homes to their green coloration to help them blend in. They are a perfect adaptation for life in the trees!
The way that they utilise the silk produced by their larvae to "stitch" leaves together will never cease to amaze me, and to achieve this is an awesome feat of evolution!
It amazes me that the Weaver Ants have a sense of the tides. To be able to gather food and collectively organise it's transport out of the flooded areas before the tide returns is just fascinating.
What I find the most interesting about Weaver ants is just how similar they are in their daily life to us humans! I love being able to join the ants in their world, on their level. Seeing them work together either by tearing their prey into more manageable pieces and taking each piece back individually, or by lifting their future meal up the side of a tree as a team reminds me of how we humans find strength in numbers as well. We work together every day just as the Weavers do, whether it's at work or at home with our family cooking dinner. I also loved seeing the different roles within the colony, and again this reminded me of daily human life. Ants have such an intricate way of surviving that really makes me immediately think of either bees or humans. I believe that is a sign of a good nature documentary, one that is eye opening to the nature of our existence and just how similar all of us creatures are on earth. We're all just trying to survive, and are right where we're supposed to be :)
I find it very interesting that weaver ants use their larvae to Stich the leaves together .Its a good way to use their silk .Its very interesting because normally most Ants nest in tree stumps or in the ground .Their color is also very nice .Love to video ,don’t stop !
For me I love how they carry the larva around to spin silk and bind leaves, at every stage of development they have a role to play.
Unexpected ending, but love that you speak the truth about the environmental destruction of meat and dairy ♥
What I like most about weaver ants is how efficient they are and how they construct there nest in the treetops and how even the larvae help in Construction of there nest and there colors are nice to.
I just wanted to say thank you for uploading! Your content is the best there is
The thing I find most interesting about weaver ants, is not necessarily that they weave leaves together, but that they started doing it. I even find it hard to imagine how some ants started using their larvae to stick leaves together instead of digging a nest underground. Those things are completely different. Could it be an accident? That one day, a larva tried to make a cocoon, but accidentally made two leaves stick together? Or maybe there was a very smart ant, the Einstein among the ants, who thought of a theory to make a treehouse from leaves and the silk of his young daughters😂. But that isn't the only thing. There are so many things that weaver ants do to sustain their nest and colony. It is just mindblowing to think about it, and how it all started. Just fascinating.
I live in west Europe, and I don 't know a lot about weaver ants. I have seen them on pictures and in video's, but that is it. My dream is to one time get a colony of them, because every time I see them, I get truly fascinated.
P.S., i'm looking for a nice y-tong nest for my young messor barbarus colony 😁😉
I didn't have enough time to watch the video and write a reaction the day the video was uploaded, so I hope I am still on time.
I love how they build nests in the leaves because it is very unique to other species and they do it with there own larvae!! Thanks for making this vid. I love these guys
The thing I like most about weaver ants is how sustainably they live. They build their homes and live their lives with no negative environmental footprint, an recycle their nest weaving silk! There is just so much we can learn from ants!
Great video! , what I found most interesting about weaver ants is the fact that they make their body vibrate to warn their sister’s about posible dangers or about posible food sources, I also think that is very cool that they have got a green gaster, I really like that sometimes you can se the ants organs inside of it. Good luck!
I love how weaver ants are so ruthless in pinning down their prey until backup gets their no matter how large the prey is!
I really like how weaver ants have created their own niche within forested environments, and use natural resources to their advantage, such as building nests in areas of trees which are exposed to more sunlight to speed up their own developmental processes. I also really like that every member of the colony contributes to its survival, even the young.
I came to Australia (from Canada) a few years ago and met some of these ants up in the Daintree where I stayed for part of my trip and I spent ~2 hours sitting and watching them work. It was so nice to just enjoy watching nature doing its thing in a place so far from home. I might never get back but I’ll never forget that trip. Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo was my highlight and if anyone ever makes it down under it is a must see!
Amazing video, the quality is simply stunning! i loved the ending and the talk about enviroment, I wish more people would talk about it.
Keep up the excellent work, cheers!
What i find to be the most interesting, is the way the 'beach colonies' use the tides to their advantage. And how they drag their prey up the tree when the tides are coming up! Amazing specialized behaviour!
The most interesting thing about weaver ants is how they work together. Not only the adults work really good together but the adults also need the pupae to make their nests to live in. It is fantastic to see how the adult work to pull the leaves together and how others use the silk of the pupae to attach it.
Well done again Jordan on such an amazing video, not only did you capture awsome shots and the story line was well crafted but the production value of this vid is to an impeccable standard.
You do some amazing work brother you are the ant king of Australia.
Good work on mentioning the fires and only scratching the surface on what has been a traumatic time here in Australia.
Look forward to the next vid
The thing I find most fascinating about weaver ants, is the incredible variety of different leaves they are able to utilise in their nest building. They can use broad leaves, and even leaves as basically pine needles, and still construct very large and intricate nests. Truly a versatile and unique species of ant :)
The thing that interests me most about weaver ants is their productivity in constantly creating new nest and also just how quirky they are living up in the trees and constructing nests out of leaves. It does make me wonder how newly mated queens nest considering they do not have larva yet. PS ants Australia is finally back I was beginning to lose hope!
I think the most interesting thing about green ants is their method of nest building. Stitching together leaves using their own young’s silk is so cool! I also think they’re some of the prettiest ants. And this isn’t exactly an interesting thing about green ants, but I think it’s amazing that there are spiders that mimic the general look and scent of green ants that way they can blend in and pick off an occasional worker when they’re alone and the other ants don’t pay any attention to them. Also how would you house ants like this? Can you even do it or do they need too much space to be housed appropriately? And thank you so much for these videos, I only found this channel recently but I’ve been obsessed with ants lately and this channel has helped me learn a lot, so thank you so much! I look forward to getting you to 100k subs!
I can't believe i live in a time where excellent documentaries like this is made available for free.
I find the most interesting thing about weaver ants is their engineering, the way they weave their arboreal leaf nests using silk from their larvae and holding leaves together by creating small chains of ants for them to be glued together. It is so complex and far more fascinating than human engineering.
Weaver ants use their bodies to hold leaves together while they use silk from their larva to glue the leaves together. Another thing is that they live in trees and not in the ground, making them like ant birds.
This is a amazing video. Your channel is incredibly educational for everyone.
I like many things about weaver ants. I find it amazing that this family is separated into longinoda that control the African tree tops and smaragdina that rules tropical Austro-Asia. I like how they dominate their particular ecological niche by making a strong hold of the entire canopy from root to shoot. I like the remarkable versatility they have over thin and wide leaf for nest building, and super glue the materials in place with larval silk that is almost entirely composed of random coils and beta sheets.
I like how they butcher, utilizing their immense strength and extra adhesive soft pads to hold their prey in place, and quarter their prey mercilessly.
I like the intricate role they carve into their environment. From the magical Liphyra brassolis that depends on their larvae for survival, to the Hypolycaena erylus that they guard like giant mobile nectar dispensers. I like their care over numerous scale insects and leaf hoppers, which they tend like cattle on the vast fractal geometric green savannah that is the tree top. I likehow weaver ant metropolis are haunted by their own shape shifters like crab spiders from the family Amyciaea and jumping spiders like Myrmaplata plataleoides, that uses aggressive mimicry to hunt down appropriately sized weaver soldiers and brood.
I like how they are utilized by Asian citrus farmers to control insect populations. I respect the tenacity and adaptability of weaver ants, that they are able to tolerate being abused and farmed in candy bottles by southeast Asian locals, yet still grew into enormous colonies that can be harvested for their young.
I dream of having a large green house of sufficient internal control to provide a home for an empire of Orvophylla. May my dream one day be true.
The unique colouring and shape of weaver ants makes them the most beautiful ant species to me. The green patterned abdomen and thin brown limbs make for a very pretty species imo.
Finally another video, since watching all your videos I have been inspired get into antkeeping myself. I am the proud keeper of 3 small pheidole colonies
Thanks man your binging me back in to ant keeping after antscanada stopped giving raw ant content and instead just dragging on videos for the views and trying to make a story out of everything. Now I remember what I feel in love with ant keeping 👍 keep the videos rolling I really look forward to them
Very interesting to see how the weaver ant stays close to the ground in that scuffle for more stabillity
What a beautiful documentary, with an unexpected but appreciated turn in the end.
The reason I love weaver ants is the way they build the nests so fast. I live in a region where they are absolutely everywhere! I could be taking a walk and the next day go on the same walk and there will be new weaver ant nests in some of the trees. I wish I could keep this species, as the alates are everywhere, but they are too much work. I also love how they make the bridges and sometimes have their huge raves on the ground for me to accidentally step in.
I think the most interesting thing about Weaver ants is the way that they pull apart their prey, and use formic acid to break it apart. The formic acid kind of gives their gaster a green tinge. I also think it’s cool that they make little mini outposts, they’re such good architects.
I was googling to see if you were dead because it had been half a year sense you last posted, so happy to see you back :)
I just find their behavioral evolutionary differences between other ants, even amongst their own kind, so fascinating. Their nest weaving is one example, but another is even though most colonies are single queened, for some reason in the northern territory, in particular, colonies are more often polygynous.
Brilliant video. Glad you're back, hoping to see more like these again.
I like how weaver ants work together to kill any intruder, I find it interesting that they all know what to do when a intruder is present, I love the technique they use to kill said intruder it’s very similar to how camponotus ants attack their victims minus the acid.
Thanks Jordan, was worth the wait to see your weaver ant documentary! I personally like the way farmers use these guys (or girls I should say!) As pest control on their farms, that and the way they all huddle together to form bridges and reach leaves is so cool! Looking forward to the next one! Hopefully not quite as long a wait please ;) cheers
What I find very interesting about weaver ant is how sensitive they are around their environment and the way they go all out to defend their members 😊😊