Explaining Insects 🦋 on Instagram: "Honeypot ants are a unique type of ant known for their living food storage system. Certain workers, called repletes, eat large amounts of nectar and other sugary liquids until their abdomens swell dramatically. These ants then hang motionless from the ceilings of underground chambers, acting as living reservoirs. When food is scarce, other ants gently tap the repletes, which regurgitate the stored nectar to feed the colony. This adaptation allows honeypot ant