![Underwater shot of two groovy brain corals [240x240, 40K]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2783165180_a151bb9600_m.jpg "Belize Brain Corals (Diploria sp. and Colpophyllia sp.)")
Belize Brain Corals (Diploria sp. and Colpophyllia sp.) taken circa January 2006.
The Life Photo Meme theme this week is Smart.
This is a photo of some brain coral that I took on a dive in Belize, circa January 2006. There are two genra here. In the front is a groove-brained coral (Diploria sp.) and in the back is a boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia sp.). I never could get these two straight during my QUantitative Ecological Survey Techniques course.
They may not be especially intelligent, but I think they look pretty sharp.
![Pharaoh ants feeding in a circle around a yellow drop of Terro® liquid insecticide [240x240, 20K]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2764612504_69412623b4_m.jpg "Pharaoh Ants Take the Bait")
PharaohAnts feeding in a circle around a yellow drop of Terro® liquid insecticideThe Life Photo Meme theme this week is Free.
My subject are these nuisance little crazy ants that infest many homes (and hospitals) around the world. We’ve had them wandering freely around our house for a season now, despite our best efforts at non-chemical control. We’ve resorted to using a commercial insecticide called Terro®. The ants seem to like it. My identification of these insects is tentative, based on macrographic observations and behavior.
![Small green leafhopper clinging to the propagule of a red mangrove [240x240, 20K]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2743232254_e27179205a_m.jpg "Leafhopper (Family Cicadellidae)")
Leafhopper (Family Cicadellidae)The Life Photo Meme theme this week is Honor an Invertebrate.
So continuing with my mangrove journey from last week, the next creature I came upon was a leafhopper. It was clinging to a mangrove propagule and obligingly held still while I used my little iPhone hack to take a close-up snap.
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