A male Xylocopa virginica carpenter bee hovers in place to defend his territory. 

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A male Xylocopa virginica carpenter bee hovers in place to defend his territory. 

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A male Xylocopa virginica carpenter bee surveys his woodland territory.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
An egg of the question mark butterfly Polygonia interrogationis.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Dolichoderus attelaboides

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers returning from a raid.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers returning from a raid.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A column of Eciton rapax, the largest Eciton species, marches across the Amazonian forest floor.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
A column of Eciton rapax, the largest Eciton species, marches across the Amazonian forest floor.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
A male Xylocopa virginica carpenter bee hovers in place to defend his territory.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A male Xylocopa virginica carpenter bee hovers in place to defend his territory. 

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A male Xylocopa virginica carpenter bee hovers in place to defend his territory.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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