Arizona's Night-time Wildlife | The Ant Explorer After Dark

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As evening monsoon storms close in around the Chiricahua Mountains, Miles and Wyatt adventure through the Arizona wilds in search of classic desert creatures. After encounters with the deadly Mojave rattlesnake and federal law enforcement, Miles' quest to find nocturnal honeypot ants seems to be more hazardous than expected.

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Ants in this Video
Camponotus cf. festinatus (desert carpenter ants)
Acromyrmex versicolor (leafcutter ants)
Myrmecocystus mexicanus (nocturnal honeypot ants)

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Starring Miles Maxcer and Wyatt Mendez
Directed by Miles Maxcer
Edited and filmed by Ben Schwartz
Graphic illustrations by Jen Schlauch
Additional videography by Thomas Stanton
Filmed in July 2020

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