Echinopla australis Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
The distinctly-patterned Linepithema leucomelas nests at the bases of bromeliads and other epiphytic plants in Brazil's Atlantic forest region. 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