- Honeypot Ants (genus Myrmecocystus) are fascinating, desert-dwelling insects found throughout the arid ecosystems of southern Arizona - They are famous for a unique survival adaptation where specialized workers, known as "repletes," act as living food reservoirs, swelling to the size of small grapes to store sweet liquids - Southern Arizona is a biodiversity hotspot for ants, boasting the highest diversity of ant species in the United States