Struan Teague
- Lapwing
- 2021
- oil, pigment, dispersion, glue, pencil, and acrylic on linen
- 190×130 cm
- courtesy of the artist
Pheromones are a language of taste and smell, and the primary mode of communication for ants. These invisible signals carry distinct messages, from signaling danger to marking trails.100, 101
- The complexities of this language are mostly unknown. A study covering just 75 ant species, less than one percent of all known species, identified 168 distinct pheromone compounds. (Cerdá et al. 2014)
- Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990, 227