If you are a Camponotus floridanus carpenter ant, you certainly would – at least, according to a recent study published in July of this year in Current Biology. Many thanks to Correspondant Mike Schellman for bringing to our attention this one-minute video that concisely breaks down the results of this surprising study:
Incidentally, this is not the first time that C. floridanus has graced the pages of The Daily Ant. One of the first articles we ever published, “On Ant Spit” (December 20, 2016), also featured a similarly surprising study suggesting that ant saliva serves more functions than previously believed. For a refresher on that spit take, see here.
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