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Inès Di Folco
- Pablo and the roses
- 2022-2023
- oil and pigments on canvas
- 60×50 cm
- photo by Charles Benton
- courtesy of the artist, SISSI club, Marseille, and Laurel Gitlen, New York
The oldest ant on record is a Black Garden Ant queen35 who died after 28 years and nine months in captivity.36 Her daughters had a typical lifespan of just one to two years.37
- Lasius Niger
- Would she have preferred a shorter life in the forest?
- Kutter & Stumper, 1969