Myrmecocystus honeypot ants

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last updated 15.Nov.2006

Myrmecocystus (honeypot ants)

Myrmecocystus are soil-nesting ants endemic to the arid regions of western North America. Some members of each colony become living storage containers and hang from the ceilings of nest chambers deep underground, their abdomens greatly swollen with food.

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*Myrmecocystus* *depilis*	*Myrmecocystus* *depilis*	*Myrmecocystus* *depilis*	*Myrmecocystus* *flaviceps*
*Myrmecocystus* *kennedyi*	*Myrmecocystus* *mendax*	*Myrmecocystus* *mendax*	*Myrmecocystus* *mendax*
*Myrmecocystus* *mendax*	**Myrmecocystus mendax & Pogonomyrmex barbatus**	**Myrmecocystus mendax & Pogonomyrmex barbatus**	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*
*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*
*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*
*Myrmecocystus* mexicanus & fungus	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus* *mexicanus*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*
*Myrmecocystus mimicus*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*
*Myrmecocystus mimicus*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*
*Myrmecocystus navajo*	*Myrmecocystus navajo*	*Myrmecocystus navajo*	*Myrmecocystus navajo*
*Myrmecocystus placodops*	*Myrmecocystus placodops*	*Myrmecocystus placodops*	*Myrmecocystus placodops*
*Myrmecocystus tenuinodis*	*Myrmecocystus tenuinodis*	*Myrmecocystus testaceus*	*Myrmecocystus testaceus*
*Myrmecocystus* *yuma*

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