[Matsumura memo]
- Japan's largest and most familiar ant species, the carpenter ant, is made into a figure.
- The figure is an image of a worker ant of a type close to large.
- Realistic reproduction of compound eyes and body hair based on a model of a large worker ant that is surprisingly large even if you see it outdoors.
- The head, belly, jaw and legs are also movable, allowing for various poses.
- The best feature of ants is [family group].
- If you pose with two figures, you can enjoy the ant-like appearance of communicating with each other.
- In addition, eggs, which are indispensable for the ant's [family], are also included, so you can recreate the life in the carpenter ant's burrow by combining them.
[Description of Carpenter Ant]
- One of the largest ants in Japan, with queen ants measuring 18mm and large worker ants measuring up to 14mm.
- Widely distributed in Japan except for the Amami and Okinawa regions, and prefers to build nests in sunny open areas from mountains to flatlands.
- Worker ants vary in size from small to large with large heads, but there seems to be no clear division of roles [large worker ants = soldier ants].
- The main means of communication for ants living in pitch-black burrows are [smell] and [tactile], and they rely on smell and touch to distinguish between mates in the same burrow, care for eggs and larvae, and find directions to feeding grounds. known to do.
- [Carpenter ant] (Scientific name: Camponotus japonicus)
English name Japanese carpenter ant
[accessories]
・Transparent display base
·egg
- 2 body set
- Size: Total length about 115mm (excluding tactile sense)
- Movable parts: 18 points
- Figure material: ABS/PVC
- Joint Material: POM
- General modeling director: Shinobu Matsumura
- Sculptor: Takashi Kinoshita, Honan Mizuta
- Movable processing: Atsuya Otsu
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )