DIY Top Down View Ant Nest (Gypsum Formicarium)
31K views · Nov 27, 2021 · People & Blogs
Comments · 127
@America_2024-z3b · 5 months ago (edited)
I’m here in 2026 and this video is still helping people. It definitely has helped me because now I know how to make an ant nest with out it getting too complicated. Looking forward to making this nest sometime in the future!
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@philthehexagon2989 · 4 years ago
Bro I just made one of these nests and I'm shocked at how well it turned out. Thanks so much for posting this.
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@kdl3530 · 3 years ago
Thank you. Very good Instruction. Best one on Youtube! 💚
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@cedfra3209 · 3 years ago
Best DIY nest i've seen! Congrats
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@fodk7021 · 3 years ago
This is the best tutorial for a diy ant nest on youtube yet . Keep it up
@TrypelSix · 1 year ago
great work I wish I had seen this video before I got to work on my formicarium. magnets are a real gamechanger
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@alexandernh2210 · 4 years ago
Great video! Very underrated! - ant Holleufer
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@TylerMaulin · 4 years ago
I've been searching for methods to make this kind of setup for weeks! You're awesome!! Thank you for all the info. Never thought of working backwards by pouring the sand first.
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@arjay-luvs-myrmecia · 1 month ago
You can buy left-handed scissors BTW. Fiskars made some excellent scissors for lefties that can be re-sharpened.
@justantsUSA · 4 years ago
That's crazy I was just about to make one of these for my pogonomyrmex maricopa colony 😯 how crazy 🤣
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@australianx777 · 4 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I was looking for a way to make the outcome look neat and clean. Fantastic!
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@luen1941 · 1 year ago
Thank you so much this tutorial is incredible i just made plenty of them already with your video, they look so natural and are so versatile!
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