Figure 1:  Honey ant, M. mendax, colony life.  Clockwise from top:  clustered repletes hanging from nest chamber ceiling, semi-replete climbing to join her swollen sisters, worker regurgitating liquid food to a semi-replete, worker carrying egg, and queen laying eggs.  Center left to right:  workers tending grub-like larvae and pupal cocoons. • • • Date of this version 29 April 2005 • • • All text and images contained on this web site are copyright © 2000 - 2005 Notes from Underground Page 5