Category:Honeypot ants

**honeypot ant**
	ants which have specialized workers that are gorged with food to the point that their abdomens swell enormously
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Honeypot ants are ants that store large amounts of food in the abdomens of certain worker ants. It is not a formal taxonomic classification. This category may directly contain any images displaying repletes (engorged honeypot ants). At least five known genera practice this (see subcategories).

Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

C

Camponotus‎ (273 C, 92 F)
Cataglyphis‎ (13 C, 21 F)

M

Melophorus‎ (6 C, 92 F)
Myrmecocystus‎ (26 C, 1 F)

P

Prenolepis‎ (3 C, 8 F)

Media in category "Honeypot ants"

The following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total.

Closeup on honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus mimicus) at Oakland Zoo.jpg 1,133 × 818; 496 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1883) b 176 1.jpg 682 × 559; 47 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1883) b 176 2.jpg 700 × 473; 63 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1883) b 176 3.jpg 446 × 281; 15 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1883) b 176 4.jpg 781 × 469; 43 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1883) b 176 5.jpg 804 × 748; 66 KB
Formigas-pote-de-mel (cropped).jpg 292 × 393; 46 KB
Formigas-pote-de-mel.jpg 978 × 723; 202 KB
Honey Ants (7344580116).jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 4.33 MB
HoneyAnt.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 971 KB
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus mimicus) at Oakland Zoo.jpg 2,667 × 2,434; 2.05 MB

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