Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Why does this ant have such a large rear end / abdomen? In this video, I explain the answer. This is a honeypot ant. Select members of honeypot ant colonies, called repletes, live their lives as giant storage tanks. They hold onto to a mass amount of food, in their abdomens, which other worker ants can access in times when food is scare.

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