Credits & sources.
The people and projects behind the photographs, maps and tools.
Each photograph is a source-identified example species, not a photograph of your colony. License and modification details are shown individually. No endorsement is implied.
Worker photographs
Aphaenogaster rudis
Photo: Blake Bringhurst · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
The source identifies this as Aphaenogaster rudis; its description names the genus only. Species identification is not independently certified.
Brachymyrmex depilis
Photo: Chris Baer · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Camponotus ocreatus
Photo: Jake Nitta · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Crematogaster emeryana
Photo: Jake Nitta · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Formica propinqua
Photo: Jake Nitta · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Lasius pallitarsis
Photo: Zachary Dankowicz · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Myrmica striolagaster
Photo: Jake Nitta · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Nylanderia flavipes
Photo: Beatriz Moisset · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching. This resized photograph is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
This full-body alternative was selected to retain both antennae; the photograph is softer than the other candidates.
Pheidole elecebra
Photo: Jake Nitta · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Pogonomyrmex badius
Photo: Nash Turley · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Prenolepis imparis
Photo: Steve Rhinehart · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Solenopsis xyloni
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · Original source · CC0 1.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
This example is Solenopsis xyloni, not S. invicta. The original scale bar is retained; display sizes vary.
Tapinoma sessile
Photo: Bill Keim · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Temnothorax curvispinosus
Photo: Sarah Abbate · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Tetramorium immigrans
Photo: Jake Nitta · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
Veromessor andrei
Photo: Jake Nitta · Original source · CC BY 4.0
Full original frame; modified: resized and converted to WebP. No retouching.
This example is Veromessor andrei, not the V. pergandei discussed in parts of the guide.
Maps & software
Natural Earth · public-domain geography · OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenMapTiles
Open-source software notices · GPL-3.0 license text · HEIC corresponding source
The unknown-genus decorative fallback is labeled as an AI placeholder. It is not a specimen photograph or an identification reference. Keeper-uploaded photographs remain separate from these example images.