What is the role of the workers with larger abdomens and light stripes in the colony?
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, Sep 23 2025 7:50 AM
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Posted September 23 2025 - 8:11 AM
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They store food in their social stomach to share with the colony later.
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Posted September 23 2025 - 5:46 PM
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I believe they are called repletes. Some extreme examples of repletes would be the honeypot ants.
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Posted September 23 2025 - 7:46 PM
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Yep, the stripes are liquid food. These ants get so fat they don't have enough solid exoskeleton to cover it all, hence the translucent gaps.
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