蜂蜜螞蟻Honey

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Honey ants 蜂蜜螞蟻Honey ants, also called honeypot ants or repletes, are ants which are gorged with food by workers, to the point that their abdomens swell enormously, a condition called plerergate. Other ants then extract nourishment from them.蜂蜜螞蟻，也叫蜜罐螞蟻或 repletes ，是由工蟻大量吞用食物，到其腹部腫脹到極其龐大的地步，這種情況稱為貯蜜。其他螞蟻從他們那裡吸取養料。 Honey ants are unique in using their own bodies as living storage, but they have more function than just storing food. Some store liquids, body fat, and water from insect prey brought to them by worker ants. They can later serve as a food source for their fellow ants when food is otherwise scarce. In certain places, they are eaten by people as sweets and are considered a delicacy.蜂蜜螞蟻獨特處是用自己的身體當作活的儲存室，但他們不僅僅是儲藏食物而有更多的功能。有的儲存液體，脂肪和水，這些都是由工蟻從昆蟲獵物攝取來的。當日後食物匱乏時，可以作為他們同胞的食物來源。在某些地方，人們會將蜂蜜螞蟻當成美味糖果吃掉。These ants can live anywhere in the nest, but in the wild, they are found deep underground, literally imprisoned by their huge abdomens, swollen to the size of grapes. They are so valued in times of little food and water that occasionally raiders from other colonies, knowing of these living storehouses, will attempt to steal these ants because of their high nutritional value and water content. These ants are also known to change colors. Some common colors are green, red, orange, yellow, and blue.這些螞蟻可以居住在任何地方的巢中，在野外地下深處會發現它們，由於其巨大的腹部膨脹得有如葡萄，就自然被禁錮在蟻穴中了。在食物和水稀少時候，他們非常珍貴，偶爾會有其他群體為了這些活儲存室而入侵，為了他們的高營養價值和含水量，企圖竊取這些螞蟻。這些螞蟻也會改變顏色，一些常見的顏色有綠色，紅色，橙色，黃色和藍色。

Honey ants gather honey dew secreted by aphids.蜂蜜螞蟻集聚蚜蟲分泌的蜜露。

The bodies of some honey ants are used for liquid storage via their expandable abdomen.一些蜂蜜螞蟻的身體經由其擴張的腹部是用來儲存液體。

Honey ants have an unusual food storage system. These ants become engorged with food and hang from the ceilings of chambers deep underground. At center is a full replete, to the right is an unengorged worker, and to the left is a partially-engorged replete. 蜂蜜螞蟻有一個不尋常的糧食儲存系統。這些螞蟻猛吞食物後，身體飽滿，懸掛在地下深處巢穴的頂端。右邊是一隻尚未吞食的工蟻，左邊是一隻半飽滿的蜂蜜螞蟻。

Honey ant workers sharing food, while swollen repletes hang overhead. 膨脹的蜂蜜螞蟻懸掛在頂上，蜂蜜工蟻正在分享食物。

Digging for honey ants to eat挖食蜂蜜螞蟻

Honey ants are a real delicacy for Aboriginal people.對原住民來說，蜂蜜螞蟻是真正的美食。

The following is BBC movie, the Australian indigenous people they unearth and eat witchetty grubs and the honey ants.以下是英國廣播公司拍攝的澳洲原住民挖掘蛾的幼蟲及蜂蜜螞蟻來食用的影片Aboriginal, Witchetty Grubs & Honey Ants - Ray Mears Extreme Survival - BBChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlO0aifJxA

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