The Daily Ant

On Thursday, Field Correspondant Natalia Piland, who is currently undercover as an evolutionary biologist studying birds in Peru, provided The Daily Ant with crucial insight into local ant-human relations. Piland found a beautiful specimen of an ant (beautiful as all ants are beautiful):

What is this? It is a leaf-cutter ant queen! But what is most interesting is the additional information shared by our trusty Field Correspondant: Piland notes that the local name for this ant is “siqisapa”, which “comes from the quechua ‘big butt’ (siqi = butt, sapa = big)”. And, she adds, “people also fry the butts and eat them.”

With such big butt ant delicacies, Peru must be a top destination for any traveller or migrant intent on appreciating ants to the fullest extent they deserve.