Eupholus weevil (Focus-stacked composite image).
A preserved collection of a Leptanilla colony shows a queen (at center) and piles of elongate larvae.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Antoine Felden uses an aspirator to collect ants from a rotting log at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Andy Suarez (University of Illinois) and Corrie Moreau (Field Museum) use aspirators to collect ants from a leaf litter sample. Ant Course 2012, Uganda.
Phil Ward (U. C. Davis) demonstrates the use of a beating sheet to collect tree-foraging species at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Flavia Esteves (Universidade de São Paulo) breaks up rainforest soil to look for rare species at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Corrie Moreau (Field Museum, Chicago) demonstrates proper manipulation of a pinned ant specimen at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Myrmecologists at Ant Course 2012 collect alate males and queens at a mercury vapor lamp.

Kibale forest, Uganda
An ethanol pack collects insects as they fall from a winkler leaf litter sample.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Eupholus weevil (Focus-stacked composite image).
Eupholus weevil (Focus-stacked composite image).
Eupholus weevil (Focus-stacked composite image).
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all images and text © Alex Wild 2001-2013