Alex Wild, a biologist at the University of Arizona, has a blog on insects, photography and life. He has an excellent article on tricks and tips for keeping ants relatively still while photographing them in their natural surroundings and while performing natural behaviors.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Posted under Biology, Ecology, Photography
This post was written by drknuth on May 3, 2008
Liquid Nitrogen?
Aside from the whole cruelty issue, I think that the ant would crumble.