Glossary

• Trophallaxis: social insects regurgitating food to other members of the colony
• Mandible: the "teeth" of an insect; used for a variety of purposes by the insect (explained in more detail in the "Intro" page)
• Acidopore: an organ located at the tip of the abdomen of ants to excrete formic acid (explained in more detail in the "Intro" page)
• Stinger: an organ located at the tip of the abdomen of insects to inject venom into others (explained in more detail in the "Intro" page)
• Antennae: sensory organs located at the head of the insect (explained in more detail in the "Intro" page)
• Brood: ant eggs, larvae, and pupae.
• Replete: a special type of ant that is used to store food. This type of ant is usually fed a ton of food, and serves as a food storage in times of low food availability. When other ants want a snack, all they need to do is to tell the replete to regurgitate the food stored in their abdomens!
• Pleometrosis: when a multiple queens work together in the founding stage, but fight each other to death when the colony stage cannot be called founding anymore.