Moses Olotu examines ants under the microscope 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.
Christian Peeters at the microscope.
Mathematical ecologist Felipe Neves, a graduate student at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, demonstrates the use of an aspirator to collect ants. Many arboreal ants inhabit  epiphytic plants; this bromeliad housed a large colony of Camponotus.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Mathematical ecologist Felipe Neves, a graduate student at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, demonstrates the use of an aspirator to collect ants.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Myrmecologist Júlio Chaul sorts ponerine ants at the collection in Viçosa, Minas Gerais. Natural history collections are vital repositories of information.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Benoit Guenard dissembles a rotting log to look for ants, North Carolina.
Christian Rabeling excavates a nest of fungus-growing ants in Texas.
Mathematical ecologist Felipe Neves, a graduate student at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, demonstrates the use of an aspirator to collect ants. Many arboreal ants inhabit epiphytic plants; this bromeliad housed a large colony of Camponotus.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Mathematical ecologist Felipe Neves, a graduate student at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, demonstrates the use of an aspirator to collect ants. Many arboreal ants inhabit  epiphytic plants; this bromeliad housed a large colony of Camponotus.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Mathematical ecologist Felipe Neves, a graduate student at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, demonstrates the use of an aspirator to collect ants. Many arboreal ants inhabit epiphytic plants; this bromeliad housed a large colony of Camponotus.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
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