Ant Type: Field Ants (Formica pallidefulva)
Cast Number: #023
Created: 5/24/2013
Cast Weight: 3.9 lb
Cast Material: Aluminum
Cast Dimensions: 15"x4"x6.5" (HxWxL)
Base: Round, 8" diameter, 0.75" thick
Base Wood: Walnut
Mount: Bolt through base and cast
Orientation: Upside Down
I thought this was actually a carpenter ant colony because the colony and ants looked like carpenter ants to my untrained eye (at the time). I was surprised that it didn't look similar to the other
carpenter ant colonies that I've done. Only after identifying and casting a few
field ant colonies did I realize that this was one too.
Before this cast was mounted, it was part of the Double je exhibit at the
Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France during 2016.