The Sunset Overture

A hole 11 hours in the making, completed after sunset.

The Lost Shaft

Enough said.

The Practical Workout

Gray fox friend monitors my harvester ant research.

This wire-belted P. badius forager is a member of colony containing hundreds of sisters; each wearing age-specific belts.

A controlled burn crackles through the piney flatwoods of the ANF

Nothing says paradise like a warm, gulf breeze through the Spanish moss.

An enchating sink hole (ANF, Leon Sinks)

Camera ham

Iridenscent Salticid

Better than gold!

Enter the alates

Female alates (future queens) clamor out of their nest entrance on a June morning. Colonies release a coordinated pulse of male and female sexuals in early summer.

A new superorganism

A newly mated foundress begins excavating a nest. She will dig more than 30cm and forage frequently while raising her first brood.

Pogonomyrmex baidus mating flight

Winged debutantes ready themselves the morning of a mating flight. Later, foreign males will arrive to mate with females on their natal nest.

Grey Fox Friend

This fellow was not shy and kept me company for two field seasons.

This bright eyed toad tumbled out of his burrow during an ant nest excavation. He was returned.

A juvenile American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) seeks a snack in a canal.

Riding the lubber bus

This lubber is host to numerous mites.

A water scorpion (Ranatra) moves across the forest floor.

Male fiddler crabs at low tide.

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Amitermes laurensis , Nifold Plain

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