Nature Lens

Meet The Honeypot Ant. The Candy Ant

2 years ago | [YT] | 13,570



@naturelenses 

Honeypot ants are ants that have specialized workers, that are gorged with food to the point that their abdomens swell enormously. Essentially, they function as food banks For more info about honeypot ant, checkout this video : www.youtube.com/shorts/I7mWvy7eoZw

2 years ago | 304

@grimguy66

These are the enemies in game who drop upgrade materials.

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@2004FordRangerXLT

Imagine being born and your whole purpose is to be a tank

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@stuhff8169

Lmao I imagine the ant being in pain from all that storing and she says "My lady, I don't think I can hold on much longer" and the Queen tells her to have faith in her abilities and she gets plot armor

2 years ago (edited) | 373

@Paul_White

Really funny story nobody is gonna read. Me and my cousin grew up with a really smart kid. Doyle. He graduated college with some degree in mathematics and went to work for a big oil company. Anyways, when we were little kids my cousin and I were giving him a lil shit and we saw a string of honeypot ants on the ground. We said, “hey Doyle! You know they call these honey ants cuz they carry honey in them right? If you eat em they taste just like honey. Go ahead and try one.” Doyle picked one up and popped it in his mouth and chewed on it for a minute. Me and my cousin were snickering under our breathes, we thought we were so clever. Then Doyle says, “wow you guys are right! Tastes just like honey!” And walked away. Me and my cousin looked at each other like “no. They don’t really taste like honey do they?” So we both picked one up and ate it. Turns out they don’t taste like honey and it tooks us years to realize how Doyle got us back. Lol.

2 years ago | 348

@mgyrn

Nature is just incredible ❤️

2 years ago | 7

@patsysmith540

They are absolutely gorgeous. Nature is so wonderful.

2 years ago | 24

@BMW_329

i remember seeing a picture of these ants where a guy made them a bunch of different colour by giving them coloured sugar water.

2 years ago | 26

@alkabhardwaj6044

That is really......sweet

2 years ago | 48

@fsm5184

Beautiful photography...GRETTINGS from Puerto Rico

2 years ago | 3

@randomtube8226

So that's where the Rock gets the phrase candy asses from 🤣

2 years ago | 7

@RedForeman

I would actually eat those .. they look edible .

2 years ago | 88

@artup.yourlife466

Imagine the amount the weight an ant can carry more than its body weight. 🤯

2 years ago | 27

@abhineetsolomonhawes1723

Nature is amazing.and god is a fabulous creator.

2 years ago | 1

@Flux-Oracium

Altaroth from Monster Hunter might be inspired by this ants

2 years ago | 13

@THE_REAL_SUN.

THAT ANT LOOKS INCREDIBLY APPETIZING FOR SOME REASON

2 years ago | 1

@waqasazram4800

Allah Huakbar ☝️ mashaAllah ❤️ subhanAllah JazakaAllah alhumdulliah ❤️,

2 years ago | 0

@strzygon5426

Accurate nickname considering some locals actively eat them

2 years ago | 0

@sapphirejade5029

Anyone thinking of the Skyward Sword Moldorms? I am...😅 The team looked into the honeypot ants as inspiration for their design

2 years ago | 8

@janakapushpakumara7827

Damn ant got cake💀

2 years ago | 13