Honeypot Ant
Scientific name – Myrmecocystus sp, Melophorus sp, Leptomyrmex sp, Camponotus inflatus, Plagiolepsis trimineni.
This amazing ant store food in their in abdomen and they look like small grape. It size is 0.25 inch to 0.5 inches. Repletes workers store food so much that they can’t even move.
They store nectar, honey and fruit juice in their abdomen .
Generally found in dry areas (desert).
Honeypot Ants are monogyn means one queen per colony. Queen lays almost 1400 -1500 eggs per day .
This ant lives more than 11 years.
Aboriginal People eat this ant.
Photos Of Honeypot ant
