| 🐜To escape a deluge, red fire ants can assemble a raft out of their own bodies, putting their larvae and pupae at the bottom like floaties. The hairs on the larvae trap air bubbles that help keep the raft afloat! 🐜Kidnapper ants steal developing young from other species and trick them into doing all the work for their captors, including finding dinner. 🐜Honeypot ants turn their colony’s biggest newborn sisters into golden jugs full of nectar called repletes. The repletes hang in their nest like chandeliers, ready to provide nourishment for the rest of the colony. 🐜Argentine ants work as bodyguards, protecting orange grove pests like citrus psyllids from other insects that would like to eat them. In exchange, the ants get to feed on the psyllids’ sweet poop. | 
