Retired USDA myrmecologist Lloyd Davis surveys a large Solenopsis invicta red imported fire ant mound at Paynes Prairie State Park. 

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Brian O'Meara and Phil Ward  search for ants in the Mojave desert (2004).
Myrmecologist Jack Longino takes a good look at a male Dorylus driver ant. These enormous insects are specialized for dispersal and mating, looking very little like their more typycally ant-like sisters.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Myrmecologist Jack Longino takes a good look at a male Dorylus driver ant. These enormous insects are specialized for dispersal and mating, looking very little like their more typycally ant-like sisters.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Myrmecologist Jack Longino takes a good look at a male Dorylus driver ant. These enormous insects are specialized for dispersal and mating, looking very little like their more typycally ant-like sisters.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
A preserved collection of a Leptanilla colony shows a queen (at center) and piles of elongate larvae.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Georg Fischer (California Academy of Sciences) at the microscope.
Kolo Yéo (Université d'Abobo Adjamé, Côte d'Ivoire), digs a trench to collect soil-dwelling ants at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Claire Morandin (University of Helsinki), sifting leaf litter at Ant Course 2012 in Uganda.
Retired USDA myrmecologist Lloyd Davis surveys a large Solenopsis invicta red imported fire ant mound at Paynes Prairie State Park.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Retired USDA myrmecologist Lloyd Davis surveys a large Solenopsis invicta red imported fire ant mound at Paynes Prairie State Park. 

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Retired USDA myrmecologist Lloyd Davis surveys a large Solenopsis invicta red imported fire ant mound at Paynes Prairie State Park.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
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