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Rough ant

Personal project, 2022

Illustration for a scientific illustrated project.

Acrylic, oil pastels and pencil on cardboard

ā€œAnts continue to thrive in the midst of the ruins produced relentlessly by humanity, seemingly oblivious to the presence, or absence, of humans, as long as they are left with a small, undisturbed portion of the environment ... Their abundance is legendary. A worker is less than a millionth of a human being, yet on the whole ants contend with man for the role of predominant organisms on land. Lean on any tree; the first creature that climbs on you will most likely be an ant Ā».

Ants 

Bert Hƶlldobler, Edward O. Wilson, Adelphi Edizioni

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