Review: Alex Wild - The Diversity of Insects

Alexander Wild is a very talented entomologist and photographer, whose photographs of insects – with special focus on ants – are an awe-inspiring and enlightening resource. Check out the galleries of farming ants, for example, to find photographs of ants tending to massive fungus gardens or to admire the precision of leafcutter ants at work.

We may experience ants as a pest in our dwellings, but these photos remind us that they are remarkably sophisticated evolved biological machines. There are useful captions, but you may want to turn to the writings of the likes of E. O. Wilson to dive deeper.

The photos in Alex’s galleries are copyrighted, and he takes his image use policy seriously. He has, however, contributed many images to the public domain as well, and some of his photography can be found can be found in Wikipedia articles as a result.