Desert Carpenter Ant Stores Food (<i>Camponotus festinatus</i>) (IMAGE)

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Desert Carpenter Ant Stores Food (<i>Camponotus festinatus</i>)

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Desert carpetner ants store excess fat and pass it to colony members through lipid-rich oral secretions or unfertilized eggs.

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