Ghost ants becoming the color of the food they’re eating

Picture of red, green, yellow, and blue drops of water with ghost ants feeding on them and becoming those colors, because they have translucent abdomens.

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Category: Amazing, Animals, Food & Drink

27 Responses

  1. Looks like it’s gonna be an organic Christmas this year with the alternative to decorative lights I found.

  2. Dan says:

    I’m equally amazed at these ants’ ability to line up neatly around their food. The ants at my house just dogpile on top of whatever it is they’re devouring…

  3. Jack says:

    what if they drank from the yellow then the blue?

  4. Huao says:

    Well Jack…probably green !! (-: (unless you’re color blind…)

  5. Eric says:

    Interesting. I wish I had ants like this at my house.

  6. nyxem says:

    Nice pic.. i like a green ant.. :)

  7. marukosu says:

    omg pikmin

  8. aaron says:

    It would be SO awesome if you gave them glow-in-the-dark dye

  9. cat says:

    that is so weird! but awesome at the same time :p

  10. asad says:

    I like a dangerous pic.

  11. rose says:

    oh yukkkk!!!

  12. Selena says:

    Ohmygosh! Thank you! I was freaking out because there were red butted ants all over my house. -_-” But, this is really cool and way less scary. Thank you! :3

  13. Dani says:

    Does anyone have a problem with these bitting?

  14. ellen says:

    or are they just see through so you see the color of the food they’ve ingested?

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