News Ecosystems Slave ants rebel Kidnapped worker ants do a little quiet sabotage By Susan Milius August 14, 2008 at 5:30 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Tiny ants enslaved inside acorns across the northeastern United States could be resisting their captors with a covert army of killer nannies. About the size of newspaper commas, ants in the genus Temnothorax fall prey to a marginally larger ant species that doesn’t do its own housework.