Sophie Vallance Cantor
- Paloma
- 2024
- Oil on canvas
- 20×20 cm
- courtesy of the artist
A queen ant only ever sees the sun once in her life, during her nuptial flight.68 Once mated, she sheds her wings and spends the rest of her days underground, laying eggs.69,70
- According to research conducted on Messor and Pogonomyrmex.
- In the darkness of the nest, she digests her remaining wing muscles. Her brain rapidly shrinks as her visual system is no longer needed.
- Julian & Gronenberg, 2002