Honey pot ant Genus: Myrmecocystus. ... When a new leafcutter queen sets off to start her own colony, she brings along a starter-culture of the fungus. Gliding ant Genus: Cephalotes.

A queen lays eggs and workers collect food, care for young, and keep the colony clean. There’s also female honeypot ants called repletes. Replete is a term that means full, though it doesn’t ...

Deep in their underground nests, honeypot ants stuff members of their own colony until they look like golden water balloons. Drop by drop, worker ants deliver nectar and other liquid food into their ...

Honey pot ant Genus: Myrmecocystus. ... When a new leafcutter queen sets off to start her own colony, she brings along a starter-culture of the fungus. Gliding ant Genus: Cephalotes.