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Credits About This Interactive Book Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New York City resulted from the collaboration of a whole team of creative people — scientists, writers, editors, and a designer. Eleanor Spicer Rice - Author Alex Wild - Photographer Neil McCoy - Designer Rob Dunn - Creative Director, Author (Introduction and boxes) Robin Sutton Anders - Editor Holly Menninger - Project Manager Andrea Lucky - Scientific Advisor Amy Savage - New York Ant Expert Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New York City v. 1.0, by Eleanor Spicer Rice, was published February 2014 by Your Wild Life. To learn more about our work, please visit yourwildlife.org. We welcome feedback at yourwildlife@gmail.com. © Your Wild Life, NC State University. Eleanor Spicer Rice Eleanor Spicer Rice loves all insects but is particularly fascinated by ants. She studied the behavior and interactions of two invasive ant species, the Argentine ant and the Asian needle ant, to earn her Ph.D. in Entomology from North Carolina State University. Ever since she was a little girl exploring the swamps and woods around her hometown of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Eleanor has had a boundless curiosity for the natural world. When she’s not xiii
turning over logs or poking at the cob-webby corners of her basement in pursuit of a six-legged critter, Dr. Eleanor is sharing her passion about entomology through writing (see her website verdantword.com). Alex Wild Alex Wild is a biologist in Illinois where he studies the evolutionary history of various groups of insects. He founded a photography business as an aesthetic complement to his scientific work and now blogs about both entomology and photography. Alex’s outstanding photographs of ants have been featured in National Geographic, Discover, Smithsonian Magazine, and numerous other publications and museum exhibits. For more information about his work, visit his website: alexanderwild.com. Neil McCoy Neil McCoy is a science designer in North Carolina who collaborates with researchers and educators to communicate science to the public. His studio designs websites, books, and other media for projects featuring everything from bacteria and insects to migrating shorebirds and sea level rise. tropical forests but also in our backyards and even bedrooms. The unknown is large and wonderful, and Dunn and his collaborators, students, and postdocs love to spend their days in it. Your Wild Life Your Wild Life is a public science program based at North Carolina State University dedicated to engaging the public in the exploration and scientific study of the biodiversity in our daily lives. Learn more and get involved by visiting our website, yourwildlife.org. Support Financial support for Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New York City has been generously provided by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the National Science Foundation. Rob Dunn Rob Dunn is a biologist and writer in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University. Central to all of his work is the sense that big discoveries lurk not only in faraway xiv
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Page 42 and 43: We know they love to nest in mulch.
Page 44 and 45: Meet the Crazy Ant Crazy relatives.
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Page 60 and 61: Meet the Asian Needle Ant The Asian
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Meet the Acrobat Ant One summer, I
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