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June Gutman, Castle Front, 2024

June Gutman

Castle Front
2024
ink on paper
30×22 cm
courtesy of the artist

Florida Wood Ants57 are cunning warriors, their nests littered with the severed skulls of much larger and more aggressive Trap-jaw Ants.58 They stun and dismember their prey, using their scent as a cloak—a chemical disguise for the next attack.59

  • Formica archboldi
  • Odontomachus
  • Smith, 2019