In Oaxaca there is a honey ant 🍯 🐜 known as this because its little belly is full of delicious honey that you can extract and then release the little ant In Oaxaqueña villages, it is known as Chindudis and is a variety of ants that produce honey, but instead of depositing it in a hive, they generate a bag next to their stomach that fills to the outside while filling with the sweet flavor they extract during the night. of floral nectars. They belong to desert areas and can be found in some communities, especially in the Mixteca area, when there is no rain.

They are known by different names: Chindudis, Tiocondudi, Botijas, Tioko Ntudi (variant of Mixteco that means honey ant), Vinitos, Binguinas, among others, as the name varies in different villages. Just dig a little during the day where you see an anthill and you will find this sweet delight, although its taste is sweet it has a wide range of floral flavors. Don't damage them, you can remove the honey from their belly and let them go, they will fill their belly again during the night.