Abstract
Abstract A nest of the honey ant (Myrmecocystus mendax), excavated in October 2000 at an elevation of 5,500 ft near Portal, Arizona, contained 2,797 ants: 1,991 workers, 18 callows, 29 winged queens, 169 winged males, and 590 swollen ants. The swollen ants varied in weight from 0.017 to 0.608 g and had gasters ranging in color from light to dark amber. The nest also contained numerous larvae, 6 pupae, the ant-loving cricket (Myrmecophilia), a staphylinid larva, collembolans, and mites (Gymnolaelaps). The 36 chambers of the nest radiated 10 to 55 cm from the entrance and ranged in depth from 11 to 105 cm.
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