Thankfully all traps were undisturbed when collecting them on Monday

I'm going through the samples now and I got a new species record for my collection and Jamaica overall so I'm super elated 😁

The last trap had some visitors before I even left the site which is always great to see

I worry about these ones because they're at risk of being disturbed by people, so I deploy them on the weekend when there are fewer people around

After digging, the tube (with a preservative) is gently placed in the hole and covered with soil

A whole ant morphology project has been spawned from those initial measurements

1,820 pictures,
1,610 measurements and only 32% complete so far

I had to 💀