Drosophila melanogaster, a white eyed mutant fruit fly used for genetics research.

Laboratory stock at the University of California, San Diego
White was the first sex-linked gene discovered in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The mutated version interrupts the pigment-forming pathway and results in pale, rather than red, eyes. 

Laboratory stock at the University of California, San Diego.
Leptothorax muscorum

Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada
Messor pergandei - harvester ant. 

Palm Desert, California
Messor pergandei - harvester ant. 

Palm Desert, California
Leptogenys camerunensis, at  over 1cm in length (excluding the antennae), is one of the largest species in the genus.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Portrait of Tetraponera mocquerysi, one of the more common members of its genus across equatorial Africa.

Kibale forest, Uganda
An Aenictus male.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
An Aenictus male.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Drosophila melanogaster, a white eyed mutant fruit fly used for genetics research.

Laboratory stock at the University of California, San Diego
Drosophila melanogaster, a white eyed mutant fruit fly used for genetics research.

Laboratory stock at the University of California, San Diego
Drosophila melanogaster, a white eyed mutant fruit fly used for genetics research.

Laboratory stock at the University of California, San Diego
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all images and text © Alex Wild 2001-2013