Myrmecologists overlook a nest of a soil-dwelling ant, Dorymyrmex bureni. Note the practical footwear for muddy conditions.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Myrmecologists overlook a nest of Dorymyrmex bureni.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Walt Tschinkel is a botanical artist as well as a myrmecologist. Here, he finds time at Ant Course 2012 to sketch local plants.
Brian Fisher and Phil Ward 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.
Christian Peeters (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) talks ants with Jack Longino (University of Utah) at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Benoit Guenard (left) and Eli Sarnat collect ants from a rotting log in a coastal forest in North Carolina.
Gary Alpert & Phil Ward having fun with magnetic termites in northern Australia.
Andy Suarez and Leanne Alonso share notes at a conference. Note the standard myrmecologist's laptop, complete with little ants and a Darwin sticker.
Myrmecologists overlook a nest of a soil-dwelling ant, Dorymyrmex bureni. Note the practical footwear for muddy conditions.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Myrmecologists overlook a nest of a soil-dwelling ant, Dorymyrmex bureni. Note the practical footwear for muddy conditions.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Myrmecologists overlook a nest of a soil-dwelling ant, Dorymyrmex bureni. Note the practical footwear for muddy conditions.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
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