Photo Gallery Days 1 - 5


Our home for the week - Finca La Anita

                                                   
A trail of leaf cutter ants


Mrs. Smith zip lining


Planning our experiments with our groups


Taking fungal samples trying to find Escopvosis


K-JAB making their pepper spray for the ant trail


Lauren. Audrey, John Michael, Will, and Brendan riding horses


Our reward for the ride - the beautiful view 


View of the volcanoes and valley below


Team Indeciso separating the queen from the colony for their experiment


 Ants trying to reach their queen (Team Indeciso)


 K-JAB making their barrier for their positive control


 Los Tigres Nobles seeing if the ants are eating the Gmelina leaf for their trials


Ants cutting Gmelina leaf (Los Tigres Nobles)

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