[Used] REVO GEO Black Carpenter Ant [Kaiyodo]

Description

Product specifications Painted finished product, set of 2

[Size]
Total length: 115mm (excluding tactile sense)

[Material]
Figure: ABS/PVC, Joint: POM

[Movable parts]
18 locations

[List of set contents]
Figure body Transparent display case Egg Commentary General modeling director: Shinobu Matsumura Prototype production: Takashi Kinoshita, Honan Mizuta Movable processing: Atsuya Otsu The fifth installment of the ultra-realistic arthropod figure series directed by Shinobu Matsumura! !

[Matsumura’s memo]
A figure of the black carpenter ant, the largest and most familiar ant species in Japan. The figure is based on the image of a large-sized worker ant. Modeled after a large worker ant that is surprisingly large even when seen outdoors, its compound eyes and body hair are realistically reproduced. The head, abdomen, chin and legs are also movable, allowing for various poses. The most distinctive feature of ants is their family group. If you pose the two figures, you can enjoy the ant-like appearance of communicating with each other. In addition, eggs, which are indispensable for the ant “family,” are also included, so if you combine them, you can recreate life in a black carpenter ant’s burrow.

[Description of the black carpenter ant]
It is the largest type of ant in Japan, with a queen ant measuring 18 mm and a large worker ant reaching 14 mm. It is widely distributed throughout Japan, excluding the Amami and Okinawa regions, and prefers to nest in sunny, open areas ranging from mountains to flatlands. Worker ants vary in size from small ones to large ones with large heads, but there seems to be no clear division of roles such as “large worker ants = soldier ants.” Ants that live in pitch-dark burrows primarily use smell and touch to communicate, and are known to rely on smell and touch to distinguish between members of the same burrow, care for eggs and larvae, and find their way to food sources. ■

[Black carpenter ant]
(scientific name: Camponotus japonicus) English name Japanese carpenter ant