NEW POST: Live Stream Feeding of the Titans


AC Family,

Did you catch our hour long info-packed live stream of the Titans (Asian Marauder ants) feeding? Tune and learn how incredible these ants really are! Ant love forever!

 

Live Feeding Of The New Titans (Asian Marauder Ants) In Olympus

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Greetings AC Family! Welcome, everyone. I see you guys in the chat, and it is awesome to see you here.

We are going live right now here in Olympus, the terrarium. It’s a brand-new terrarium, actually, which houses a huge supercolony of Asian Marauder ants—our new Titans!

Are you guys excited? I am super excited about this because I cannot wait to show you how ravenous these ants are.

They are so hungry! They eat every single day, but I’ll go more into their diet and everything else—all that goodness—for you guys in a bit.

This live stream is going to be one hour long approximately, and I’ve got lots to show you.

Now, if you don’t know who the Titans are or what Asian Marauder ants are, be sure to watch last week’s video after this live stream, where we introduced them to the channel. They really are awesome!

What’s great about them is they’re super polymorphic, meaning the workers are different sizes, and they’re just really cool ants, guys.

As you already know, this is going to be a live feeding, so let’s get to it!

Let’s add their food right now. I’m just going to set this mic down.

What they’re going to be eating is a freshly killed cockroach because I just feel like feeding them some live food at the moment.

Of course, it’s not alive, even though you might see the cockroach struggling. I’ve chopped it up.

I’ve explained this in previous videos, but insects have a very funny nervous system. Their brain is distributed through the center of their body. They have ganglia—that’s what it’s called—and it controls their movement.

So even if they’re dead, if you chop a cockroach’s head off, they’re still capable of moving.

Alright, so I’ve got this tube here—a plastic tube—which will help me aim when I drop it in. Okay, here we go. Let’s drop this cockroach in.

Oops, okay, it fell, so that didn’t work, guys. We’re going live! Do you guys know that? But lucky for me, I’ve got backup here.

Okay, let’s try this other cockroach. I’m just going to lower this with tweezers. Oh, they’re going crazy now. Let’s just go… come on, come on, come on! There we go. Alright, perfect!

As you can see, a couple of the ants have discovered the new cockroach. Watch the colony come, guys.

These ants are amazing!

All of these that you see on screen right now are minor workers, so they’re very small workers.

But perhaps later on, you’ll start to see some majors come in. Let’s hope so. Let’s cross our fingers, AC Family!

I’m just going to adjust the light here so that you guys can see the ants clearly.

Alright, now these ants eat every single day.

It’s crazy! They can’t go a day without eating. Otherwise, they will lose their largest members, and I’ll go into that later in the stream and why that is.

But these ants are very cool! Asian Marauder ants are found throughout Southeast Asia, and the difference in worker sizes is what I think is the most impressive about this species.

They’re so hungry, right, guys?

Also, for those of you who are chatting, feel free to leave me your questions or any comments. I’ll shout you guys out as best I can because I’m looking right now at the chat box, and it is going by so fast.

Sorry if I miss your question, but I’ll try to do my best.

Look at all those ants! Oh, and you know what? I see a major there.

Oh, and here’s a larger major coming now too. See that on screen up there towards the top of the cockroach?

The reason why ants like Asian Marauder ants have majors is because these majors possess all the jaw force of the colony.

They specialize in opening hard-to-open food items like seeds or, in this case, a cockroach, which has a super strong exoskeleton.

They also specialize in defense, so if I were to stick my finger in there, these super majors would probably give me quite the bite.

Now, if you look carefully at the live stream, you’ll notice that some ants are now taking pieces of soil and trying to bury this cockroach.

The reason why ants do this is, well, for several reasons. One, ants like to bury their booty. They like to bury their finds because it helps them conceal what they’ve found. Especially when something is fresh like this, the smell attracts other insects and creatures that might come to steal their food.

If you think about it, this cockroach will help the entire colony survive for an entire day. All the protein and nutrients from this cockroach will go on to feed all the members of the colony, all the young, and the queens, who are constantly laying eggs.

It’s really important that they protect this new, large piece of food.

So they’re going to try to bury this.

Another reason why they’ll try to bury this cockroach is that currently, it’s freshly cut open, so all the guts are kind of spilling everywhere.

In insects, when there’s a wound, just like in humans, the guts start to clot. Their hemolymph contains stuff that helps it clot. So, like if there’s a wound, eventually all that gooey stuff becomes hard and sticky.

The ants will find it easier to work around the cockroach if there are pieces of dirt helping with that clumping. It just makes things easier—it forms a sort of latticework around the cockroach.

Yes, Blood Stuff says, “Isn’t that cockroach beautiful?” Yes, it is. I mean, not the cockroach—the major! The major is beautiful.

Let’s hope a super major comes out at some point in this live stream. The super majors, for me, are the most impressive.

I’d also like to shout out right now someone who donated 125 Philippine pesos. Thank you so much for that super chat!

Someone also—Pokepartum Depressions—sent in a 10-dollar super chat. Thank you so much! Really appreciate that.

If any of you guys do super chat—I don’t ask that you do super chat—but if you do, it’ll go towards feeding these ants, of course. It’s greatly appreciated.

I’m not sure if you guys have noticed yet, but on my channel, I don’t do endorsements. I don’t do sponsored videos. I kind of want to keep it pure that way.

So, I do rely, of course, on you guys viewing and supporting the channel. Thank you so much for the super chats—it means a lot to me.

Look at all those ants now—it’s just incredible! See, it only took a few members to discover this cockroach for the entire colony to know about it.

It’s really fantastic, and I’ve got a lot of cool things to show you as well later on in the stream.

Thank you so much, Natalie Yuli, for your five-dollar super chat—really appreciate that a lot.

Now, these ants are called Carebara diversa—that’s their scientific name. They used to be called Pheidologeton diversus until they were renamed, which happens a lot in scientific nomenclature.

There are several species of Carebara in the Philippines, where I live. This species was collected just outside of Manila. They are commonly called Marauder ants, and I’ll also explain why they are called Marauder ants.

Thank you so much, Shelby, for your super chat of one dollar. Appreciate it!

Thank you so much, Mitch, for your super chat of one dollar as well.

By the way, guys, if you send super chats and I don’t see them, I’m sorry because I’m looking at different screens. This is kind of my first time doing this type of live stream, so please bear with me. But thank you again for the support—it really means a lot to me.

These ants do eat a lot. One thing I did want to show you is that they don’t only eat insects.

Now, these ants don’t like sugar for some reason. They don’t do well with sugar. Oh, thank you so much for the 20—oh, everyone’s sending super chats now! I’m missing it!

Thank you so much, guys, for sending in super chats.

As I was saying, they will eat other items.

If you look at this video I’m going to show you here, you’ll notice this is the second day the Titans were living in Olympus. In the middle, you’ll see a cockroach that they’re eating. You’ll even see a super major there—right in the middle.

You see her there? I shouldn’t say him—all these workers are female.

A lot of the minors love to ride these super majors. It’s really cool, and they look very impressive. The super major is really just chilling out on top of that cockroach, making sure no enemies come to steal their meal.

If you look around the cockroach, you’ll notice some seeds. The ants are slowly pulling out these chia seeds. Apparently, they love chia seeds!

They also love to eat seeds. I guess that’s where they get their carbohydrates from.

Here’s some footage from the next day. You’ll notice that the ants eventually create a tunnel to and from the nest to their food source.

These ants eventually started to realize that food keeps dropping in this area, so they decided to create a fortified tunnel to keep the pathway to and from the nest nice and moist, dark, and protected.

That’s something these ants love to do. If you recall from the video last week, it was kind of a mystery why they were moving soil into the portal tube as they were moving into this terrarium.

Now I understand—this is what the ants do. They love to create tunnels to and from major highways.

If you look on the screen, you’ll see where the location of their nest is. They’re nesting somewhere under this rock here.

Now, here you’ll see on the fourth day that they’re pulling out old garbage from the feeding bowl.

They keep this feeding area nice and clean. What they’ll do is remove these exoskeletons and place them in a communal garbage site.

Wow, I’m looking at the screen now at the chat, and so many of you guys donated! Thank you so much!

Thank you, Netscape, for your 10-euro super chat. Thank you, Shadow Master, for your 20-dollar super chat.

Thank you, Matt McKechnie—oh, from Abu High Squad—thank you so much, 5 dollars!

Thank you, Samuel Deal, for your 5 dollars. Thank you, MythicalBeast, for your donation of 666—interesting choice.

Thank you, Colonel Sanders (ooh, chicken!) for your donation of 15 dollars, and Alina Nowak for your 10-euro donation.

Thank you, Ryan Chapman, for your 9.99 pounds. Thank you so much, guys—this really means a lot to me.

You’ll see the ants eating here. This is another freshly cut-up cockroach. It’s still kind of struggling, but the ants are loving it.

They’ll be able to use all of this very sustainable protein for the growth of their colony.

I love feeding these ants. I really, for some reason, just enjoy watching them eat.

I love these tunnels! Look at the tunnels. Eventually, it’s got a complete roof, and it’s very safe for the ants. These ants really have it all figured out.

Now going back to the site, it looks like these ants are still working on that cockroach. They’re really doing a good job covering the lower half.

I do see a major there, walking around patrolling the area.

I really hope one of the super majors comes out. That’s a pretty sizeable major, though, wouldn’t you guys say?

Oh, more super chats! Wow, thank you so much, Isla Hansen, for your 5 dollars!

Thank you, Great Chase Jones (oh, sorry, Chase Joins!) for your 50-dollar super chat!

Thank you, Netscape, for your 10-euro super chat. Thank you, Shadow Master, for your 20-dollar donation again.

You guys, the support is really overwhelming!

Oh, is that the same super major? Oh, is that several super majors coming out now? This is awesome!

Okay, so I guess the ants feel like this site is worth deploying these super majors from the nest.

Probably because of the size of the kill, they want this extra support—just in case maybe some kind of bird comes along or perhaps a lizard, a terrestrial lizard, who might want to steal this cockroach—or even other ants.

It’s really fantastic!

Do you guys like this colony? I don’t know—I really love my OG colonies, of course—the Fire Nation, my fire ants; the Golden Empire, the yellow crazy ants who’ve been through so much; my black crazy ants, the Dark Knights, who have gone through no drama at all—they’ve been completely easy ants to keep.

Of course, I love all the new colonies that are blooming.

Guys, wait until you see Avista and the Bobbleheads—that colony has grown! The Asian bullet ants, I also love—those are the Black Panthers.

And, of course, the Black Dragons, the lesser weaver ants as well—I love them!

I love all the colonies, but right now, I am really obsessing over these Titans—these Asian Marauder ants.

You guys are just so supportive! Thank you so much, Petra Tom, for your super chat.

Thank you, Pokepartum Depression, again! Thank you!

Thank you, Bjorn Wallstrom, for your super chat.

Thank you, Nathan’s Nature TV!

Thank you, Nathan’s Nature TV, for your generous super chat!

Now, someone asked, “How long do they live?”

To be honest, we don’t actually know how long most ant colonies live.

What’s surprising is that there’s been very little research on ants. There are thousands and thousands of species, so even if we find something out about one species, it doesn’t necessarily apply to all ants.

Research is really needed!

There is a study and a record of about 30 years where scientists found a queen Lasius niger that was able to live almost 30 years in a German laboratory. Can you imagine?

So who knows? Maybe these colonies can live that long—or perhaps even longer.

What we do know is that these colonies are polygynous, meaning they can have more than one queen.

We don’t exactly know yet how these colonies start.

We don’t know if a bunch of pregnant queens come together and found a colony cooperatively, which is known as pleiometrosis.

We don’t know if queens leave the nest, mate, and then return to the nest.

We also don’t know if these queens can mate in the nest and then branch out, which is something some ants do, like army ants. It’s a form of reproduction called branching.

So, we don’t know how long they live. Let’s hope they live long!

This colony, in particular, has six queens, so even if we lose one, we’ve got others.

Thank you guys again for all these super chats—I really appreciate it.

For those of you who are new to these live streams, super chats are donations from you, the viewers. They’re totally not necessary to view the videos, but I do appreciate the token of kindness from all your ant-loving hearts!

Okay, someone asked a question that I get in every single video and post—oh, wait! There’s a super major on the screen! Before I get to that, you can see it right on the corner.

I wonder if I can circle it… Is it possible to circle here?

For those of you who don’t know or can’t see it—I don’t know why you wouldn’t be able to see it because it’s just right there—the super major is right here!

Yes, do you see it? She’s huge!

She’s been deployed, guys—it’s fantastic!

I love them. Aren’t they beautiful?

Now, what’s amazing is that these super majors aren’t the most common in a colony.

When I saw them moving in, I think I only saw one or maybe two huge super majors in the colony.

But now that I’m feeding them a lot of protein, I’m hoping the colony starts to produce more super majors.

These super majors are very nutrient costly. They require a lot of protein to make.

If you look at the minors, imagine how many minors it takes to create a super major—biomass-wise, right?

So, they’re nutrient-expensive for the colony, but I think the key is just to keep feeding them as much protein as I can.

Eventually, I’ll see more of them in the colony.

For those of you keeping ants that are polymorphic, which include ants like fire ants, some species of Pogonomyrmex, and Camponotus carpenter ants, if you want to see your super majors in your colony, be sure to feed them well.

Give them lots of protein!

This will also lead to the production of reproductives, the alate queens, and kings.

I’d also like to shout out a good friend of mine. His name is Miguel—say hi, Miguel!

“Hey, guys, what’s up?”

Miguel is here, and he’s a representative from XSplit, who is allowing us to live stream like this.

If you’ve watched our previous live streams, they were very amateur in production—it was basically just from my cell phone. But now that I’ve been able to work with the great team at XSplit, we’re able to stream using my SLR camera—the camera I use to film the ant videos.

Do you guys see the ants okay?

Eventually, when I change locations—which I’m planning on doing—we would like to stream in 4K so you guys can get super good details.

By the way, are you guys liking all the latest videos that are shot and uploaded in 4K?

It really is a different thing now. If you watch our latest videos, I think for the past month and a half, you’ll notice you can see all the details of the ants.

You can see all the neat textures of their exoskeletons.

You can even see which ants have parasites, which is crazy to me.

I apologize if some of you guys are getting laggy images for the video. I’m streaming from my place in Manila, and the internet isn’t so good here.

But again, as I said, I’m looking to buy another place actually—to expand the space for these ants.

This new place will have much faster internet!

Yes, someone says, “Have you ever thought of making…” Oh, it’s so hard to see the comment… “Have you ever thought of making a tank for city and life-like public path and just put some junk on the floor, like everyday items they could feed on—half a burger and donut?”

Actually, yes! I was originally thinking of creating literally a miniature room for the Dark Knights because the Dark Knights, the black crazy ants, are very notorious domestic ants—like ants you’d find in a home in almost all tropical countries I’ve been to.

So, I was thinking, why not create a setup that’s basically designed like a kitchen table or a kitchen countertop? I could literally just drop burgers and fruits, spill some coffee—you know, things like that.

I was thinking of doing that, and perhaps I may in the future, once I get more space first.

Oh, yes—another thing I wanted to address.

A lot of you guys were saying and bringing up the termites. Who here wants to know about the termites?

Because every single video I upload, every post I make, people bring up the termites.

Yes? See? A lot of you guys want to know about the termites.

So, an update on the termites:

For those of you who don’t know what we’re talking about, if you watch our video Ants vs. Termites, a termite nuptial flight was happening in my Ant Room, and some of these king and queen termites were falling into my ant setups.

I was able to film them trying to pair up while ants were hunting them down—it was a crazy, suspenseful ant video.

In the end, I ended up saving a breeding pair that had conjoined and essentially “termite married.”

The update on them is this:

I wanted to keep them, so I placed both the king and queen termite in a test tube full of decaying wood, some rolled-up cardboard paper, and cotton.

I have had no experience starting a termite colony, but that’s what I did.

I put them in the dark.

One thing I haven’t done is check on them often.

I tried keeping termites in the past and was able to get them to lay eggs, but as soon as I brought them out into the light to check on them, a few days later, the termite pair died.

So, I don’t know if that species happens to be light-sensitive.

I’m very scared to check up on them. If I ever will check up on them, I’ll dim the lights because I don’t want to lose them, guys.

Trust me, I’m keeping them in the dark, safe. I peek at them every now and then, and it looks like they are still alive.

Crossing our fingers—hopefully, everything will work out, and the Ant Channel will have a termite colony!

Alright, so that is the update.

Now, I wanted to show you guys something else that I was able to film.

After keeping these ants for a total of one week, there are a few things I learned about them.

First of all, as soon as they moved in, they began relocating the brood to new areas of the nest.

They continued digging throughout Olympus, which is great.

If you look there on the hill, you’ll see a line of ants moving the brood.

They ended up moving just under that castle figurine, which is neat.

It’s cool to know that the ants are actually finding a purpose for that castle.

Now, this is what the nest looks like when we’re not filming. It’s very condensed, with a lot of condensation—it’s very humid inside.

The reason why that is, is because the tops, as you saw in the video, are covered with filter wool.

Asian Marauder ants want extremely humid and low air-circulating environments.

Here’s a picture of what an Asian Marauder ant natural habitat looks like.

If you look, the ground is constantly wet, even when it’s not raining. The soil is always damp.

Because these Southeast Asian rainforests are so thick, they break the wind, so there’s very little air movement in their natural habitat.

This helps the ants stay moist.

As you can see here, they’ve created those cool barricades and tunnels to and from food sources.

Just having moist soil around helps them, and it really suits their lifestyle, especially because they’re always trying to create new barricades and tunnels.

These ants generally love their environments damp, so this is why Olympus is kept damp.

I’ve actually had to wipe the glass for this live stream.

Olympus is designed to replicate their damp, low-air natural habitat.

Another thing I’ve learned is that they must keep eating every single day—eating as much as they can.

The reason why is because, as mentioned earlier, they’ve got a huge workforce to feed, especially the super majors and the queens.

They love their protein sources and some seeds, but they don’t like sweets or sugar water.

I believe that’s because they have such a high demand for protein to feed these super majors, like this one here.

As you can see, that’s quite a large ant.

Can you imagine the amount of protein needed to create that ant from the larva stage and to sustain it?

This ant requires extra energy compared to a minor because it needs to be strong enough to carry that huge head and use those very powerful jaws.

These super majors are very nutrient-expensive for the colony.

Of course, the queens, who are constantly laying eggs, require a lot of food.

In this colony, we have six egg-laying queens.

So, I make sure to feed these ants well every single day.

In fact, these ants eat as much, if not more, than my other supercolonies.

Now, here’s a picture of a colony of trap-jaw ants that were actually moving their brood out of their nest because Asian Marauder ants were invading them.

These Asian Marauder ants are so hungry that they will leave their nest to go and hunt other ants and their babies.

The term “Marauder ant” actually means “one who roams from place to place making attacks and raids in search of plunder.” Whoever named these ants Marauder ants definitely understood their lifestyle.

These ants don’t just forage—they really go out. They leave their nest and do a mass sweeping of the rainforest floor, collecting all the protein they can find: insects, frogs, lizards—you name it, they’ll eat it.

They even burrow into tunnels of termites, eating earthworms and just about anything they can find.

Again, this is because they need that valuable protein to feed the super majors and keep the colony alive and thriving.

It’s really amazing.

Now, according to Wikipedia and the ant-keeping community, these ants are notoriously difficult to keep.

Anyone I know who has ordered these ants from outside their natural habitat hasn’t been able to keep them alive for long.

However, I do know someone who successfully kept them in a country where they don’t naturally exist. They managed this by creating a setup similar to Olympus—completely enclosed and not exposed to open air.

Of course, on this channel, we don’t condone or support ordering ants outside your country because it’s very ecologically dangerous.

Imagine ordering fire ants from Southeast Asia and releasing them into Europe. Even if you think they wouldn’t survive the winter, I’ve heard countless stories of ants surviving indoors, becoming invasive, and wiping out native species.

If you’re interested in keeping ants and can’t find any queens of your own, I suggest visiting our website, AntsCanada.com, and checking out the GAN Project under “Queen Ants for Sale.”

There, you can find local ant keepers in your area selling queens that they’ve caught themselves.

It’s a great way to avoid ecological disasters while starting your ant-keeping journey!

Are ants colorblind? Please answer.

Well, we actually don’t know if ants are truly colorblind. It’s speculated that ants cannot see red light.

Again, we don’t know if that applies to all species or just some.

This is why some people keep red film over their ant farms—it helps the ants feel like they’re in the dark while still allowing you to see them.

Some ants, I’ve found, have better vision than others. For example, weaver ants seem to have very good vision, perhaps because they’re always above ground and need to constantly observe their surroundings.

By the way, thank you guys for all these super chats again!

Thank you, Sarah Huffman, for your $19 USD donation.

Thank you again, Chase Joins, for your $50 super chat!

For those of you just joining us, we are live streaming here in Olympus, watching these polymorphic Asian Marauder ants, known as the Titans, feasting.

If you look there, see that super major? Isn’t that just beautiful?

Look at her gaster—it’s so extended, meaning she’s been eating very well. Her social stomach is completely full!

These super majors also act as live storage for the colony.

The miners gorge themselves and feed the super majors, who store all that regurgitated food in their abdomens like a food bank.

If food becomes scarce, the colony can rely on these super majors to nourish everyone.

It’s really fascinating how nature has designed these ants to survive under any condition.

Wow, look at them go!

Oh, is that super major biting? Okay, she’s just patrolling the area at the moment, but perhaps we’ll see her start to bite into the cockroach soon.

It’s like a giant can opener on her face—it’s incredible.

One of the reasons they bring body parts of the cockroach into the nest is that inside the nest, it’s much more moist, and the food doesn’t dry out as quickly.

Alright, someone else asked a question:

How long do ants sleep?

Well, ants don’t sleep the way humans do. Instead, they take short naps throughout the day.

Worker ants, for example, have a cycle where they rest for about eight minutes every 12 hours. It’s not continuous sleep but rather quick rest periods.

The queens, on the other hand, sleep much longer. In fact, queen ants can sleep for hours at a time!

These rest periods help the colony stay active and functional 24/7, with different workers taking shifts.

Alright, let’s continue.

For those of you just joining us, thank you for tuning in!

We are live streaming from Olympus, home to the six-queen supercolony of Asian Marauder ants, the Titans.

Now, someone asked, “Do ants have lungs?”

No, ants don’t have lungs like humans do. Instead, they breathe through tiny holes on their bodies called spiracles.

These spiracles are connected to a network of tubes called tracheae, which transport oxygen directly to their cells.

It’s a highly efficient system that doesn’t rely on blood to carry oxygen like in mammals.

This is one reason why ants are so small—they don’t need a complex circulatory system to supply oxygen to their bodies.

Now, looking at the screen again, it seems the ants are really working hard on that cockroach.

I’m noticing more and more ants are joining the feast, and it looks like they’re cutting it up into manageable pieces.

This teamwork is one of the reasons why ants are such successful creatures—they are experts at working together to achieve a common goal.

Oh, look at that! Another super major is making her way toward the food source.

She’s massive, and look at those powerful jaws. You can tell she’s built for breaking apart tough food items like this cockroach.

Isn’t it amazing how ants of different sizes and roles all contribute to the success of the colony?

Now, someone else asked about the “Titan” name.

Yes, the name “Titans” was chosen by you, the AC Family, as a tribute to their massive size and strength, as well as their resemblance to mythical warriors.

I think it’s a fitting name, don’t you?

Speaking of names, someone else asked if we name individual ants.

No, we don’t name individual ants—it would be impossible with thousands in each colony!

Instead, we name the colonies as a whole, like the Titans or the Fire Nation, to give them a collective identity.

Alright, let’s check on that second cockroach I dropped earlier.

Ah, there it is! A whole team of ants is already working on it.

It’s amazing how quickly they’ve discovered and started dismantling this second meal.

I’m really happy to see them thriving and enjoying their food.

Alright, let’s wrap this up.

For those of you still watching, thank you so much for sticking around!

Now, as we approach the end of this live stream, I’d like to take a moment to appreciate this colony.

The Titans have been nothing short of incredible to watch. Their teamwork, their sheer strength, and their determination to survive and thrive are awe-inspiring.

Look at how they’ve already managed to carry chunks of the cockroach back to their nest. It’s fascinating how organized they are.

Before we go, let’s do a quick walkthrough of Olympus one more time.

Here’s the main feeding site where the ants are still actively working on the first cockroach.

Moving over here, you can see the trail leading to the second cockroach. It’s amazing how these ants have created such an efficient system of highways to transport food back to their nest.

And here’s the castle—the symbolic heart of Olympus. It’s wonderful to see the ants making use of it, turning it into an integral part of their territory.

Finally, let’s check the nest entrance. You can see the ants bustling in and out, carrying food, soil, and even some debris.

It’s incredible how much they’ve accomplished in just one week.

Now, before we end this live stream, I want to thank all of you for your amazing support.

Your super chats, your comments, and your love for ants make everything we do here possible.

I also want to thank Miguel from XSplit for helping us make this live stream a reality.

And, of course, a big thank you to the AC Family for being the best community any YouTuber could ask for.

If you enjoyed this live stream, please don’t forget to hit the LIKE button and SUBSCRIBE to the channel if you haven’t already.

We upload new videos every Saturday at 8AM EST, so stay tuned for more epic ant content.

Also, if you want to catch up on all the previous stories, check out the playlist of the entire Antiverse.

And now, AC Family, it’s time for the AC Question of the Week!

Last week, we asked:

Name one neat fact you learned about mealybugs in the video.

Congratulations to E., who correctly answered:

Ants drink the mealybugs’ by-product: honeydew.

You’ve just won a free e-book handbook from our shop!

This week’s AC Question of the Week is:

Name one precaution taken during Olympus’ construction aimed at avoiding mistakes from the past Titan colony.

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