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Honeypot Ant

Myrmecocystus mimicus

About

A honey ant species that engages in ritualized territorial tournaments between neighboring colonies. Workers are amber-colored and colonies maintain dozens of repletes. Tournament battles involve workers stilting on raised legs to appear larger.

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Their territorial tournaments involve hundreds of workers from rival colonies displaying on stilted legs, but rarely result in actual fighting.