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Rūtė Merk
- Gemia
- 2023
- oil on linen
- 205×140 cm
- courtesy of the artist and Tara Downs Gallery
Just over one millimeter in size, a Ghost Ant25 is easily overlooked. Her pale legs and abdomen often blend into the background, making the head and thorax look like hovering specks, unrecognizable as an ant.26
- Tapinoma melanocephalum
- Wetterer, 2009