Indrė Svirplytė
- Bringing Back My True Colors
- 2023
- felt-tip pen on paper
- 21×21 cm
- courtesy of the artist
Groups of ants have a shared personality.60 An entire colony can be fearful of new environments, prudent and risk-averse. These shy colonies also tend to be less competitive.61, 62
- According to research conducted on Aphaenogaster senilis.
- Colonies with a more adventurous and aggressive personality tend to gather more resources, but they fail to respond to environmental shifts. This leads to more deaths.
- Blight et al., 2016