last updated 15.Nov.2006
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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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