South African myrmecologist Peter Hawkes searches for a nest of arboreal Camponotus after tracking foragers into the canopy. 

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Jack Longino at the microscope at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Myrmecologist Jo-anne Holley marks an unconscious ant with a unique pattern of paint for laboratory study.
Myrmecologist Jo-anne Holley marks an unconscious ant with a unique pattern of paint for laboratory study.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Marking an ant with a unique pattern of paint allows researchers to keep track of her activities in a laboratory colony.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Specimens of Atta leafcutter queens stored in ethanol with samples of their fungus.

University of Texas
Specimens of Atta leafcutter queens stored in ethanol with samples of their fungus.

University of Texas
Temnothorax rugatulus.  Ants in this laboratory nest are individually marked with dabs of paint to help researchers at the University of Arizona track their activities. 

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Temnothorax rugatulus.  Ants in this laboratory nest are individually marked with dabs of paint to help researchers at the University of Arizona track their activities. 

Tucson, Arizona, USA
South African myrmecologist Peter Hawkes searches for a nest of arboreal Camponotus after tracking foragers into the canopy.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
South African myrmecologist Peter Hawkes searches for a nest of arboreal Camponotus after tracking foragers into the canopy. 

Kibale Forest, Uganda
South African myrmecologist Peter Hawkes searches for a nest of arboreal Camponotus after tracking foragers into the canopy.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
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