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Jack Longino (University of Utah) gives an evening lecture on ant ecology at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Pheidole obscurithorax stays ahead of the competition using group retrieval of food (in this case, a scavenged cockroach carcass). Working together, the ants can usually get the bounty home before a more aggressive species usurps their find. Orlando, Florida, USA
Pheidole obscurithorax stays ahead of the competition using group retrieval of food (in this case, a scavenged cockroach carcass). Working together, the ants can usually get the bounty home before a more aggressive species usurps their find. Orlando, Florida, USA
Baiting a tree trunk with honey brings out several ant species. From left to right, Temnothorax schaumii, Temnothorax curvispinosus, Aphaenogaster mariae. Urbana, Illinois, USA
This winter ant (Prenolepis imparis) has caught a hackberry psyllid planthopper and is carrying it back to her nest. Urbana, Illinois, USA
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
Baiting a tree trunk with honey brings out several ant species. From left to right, Temnothorax schaumii, Temnothorax curvispinosus, Aphaenogaster mariae.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Baiting a tree trunk with honey brings out several ant species. From left to right, Temnothorax schaumii, Temnothorax curvispinosus, Aphaenogaster mariae. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Baiting a tree trunk with honey brings out several ant species. From left to right, Temnothorax schaumii, Temnothorax curvispinosus, Aphaenogaster mariae.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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