Ted Kinsman is a scientific photographer that specializes in creating images for books, magazines, and television. His particular areas of interest are in x-ray radiography, high-speed photography, Scanning electron microscopy, and time-lapse cinematography. His work has appeared in numerous books and magazines ranging from Discover Magazine to Forbes. Recently his work has appeared on Gray's Anatomy and CSI New York. In addition to running 
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Alex Wild is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he works on the molecular phylogenetics of various groups of insects. He is also a part-time photographer whose images appear in such venues as Ranger Rick, Smithsonian, BBC Wildlife, and even ScienceBlogs.
Fire ants aren't the only formicids that have to worry about parasitoid phorid flies. Many species are hosts to this diverse fly family.
Below are a pair of photos I took recently near Jujuy, Argentina showing a trio of an unidentified Pseudacteon species hovering over an ant nest. One of the flies hit her target, inserting her ovipositor between the ant's abdominal sclerites.
I don't say this about all my images, but these shots were truly lucky. The flies are much smaller (1mm) and more erratic than the phorids I posted previously. The oviposition itself took a fraction of a second, and I only realized I'd captured the event when reviewing the images later.
As it turns out, this particular ant (Linepithema oblongum) has never been recorded with phorids. So I'll likely get a short paper out of this, too, in collaboration with the appropriate phorid experts.
Technical details:
Lens: Canon MP-E 1-5x macro lens
Body: Canon EOS 20D
Flash: Canon MT-24EX twin-flash, diffused through tracing paper
Settings: ISO 100, f/13, 1/250 sec
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Comments
That second photo is absolutely amazing. Mice - albeit lucky - job!
Posted by: John Lynch | April 14, 2009 2:44 AM
Absolutely amazing. Its hard enough to visualise these things by eye! Glad you`ll be getting a paper out of it.
Posted by: Tom | April 14, 2009 4:58 AM
You say you were lucky... but as Gary Player memorably said: "the harder I practise, the luckier I get"!
Luck nothing, you got that because you put yourself in the right place at the right time with the right equipment set up right.
Well done!
Posted by: Sam C | April 14, 2009 5:25 AM
Your blog has become instantly one of my favorites associated with scienceblogs. Great, great stuff so far.
Posted by: Anthony | April 14, 2009 11:19 AM
Absolutely incredible shots Alex! You are the master! Regarding luck, remember "Chance favors the prepared mind."
Posted by: Henry W. Robison | April 14, 2009 11:43 AM
Very nice stuff!
Wish Nikon could get their butt in gear and reintroduce the 200 mm Medical Nikkor. Am drooling just thinking about that lens.
http://www.cameraquest.com/nf200med.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttstam/2381940086/
Posted by: shonny | April 14, 2009 3:16 PM