On Slave Raiders and Aphid Farmers
Ants in Styria
18.09.2020-11.07.2021
Open House: 19.09.2020, 10 am - 5 pm, free admission
About the exhibition
With their enormous biomass ants occupy a key position in many Central European habitats. They are important predators, disseminators of plant seeds, as well as collaborative partners and hosts of other animal species.
Their fascinating diversity can be explored by means of a living ant colony, various models, preparations, and photographs. Ants vary not only in relation to size, colouring, and physical build; their behaviour is also pronouncedly differentiated – from war against other ants and the keeping of aphids, right up to slave raiding.
The examination of the in-house ant-collection serves as a basis for the exhibition, in which the distribution of the 100 Styrian ant-species is presented. Moreover, classification, ecology, and behaviour of native ants are described.
Gallery
Natural History Museum
Joanneumsviertel
8010 Graz, Österreich
T +43-316/8017-9100
joanneumsviertel@museum-joanneum.at
Opening Hours
Tue-Sun, public holidays 10am - 6pm
Guided tours
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Centre of Natural History
Weinzöttlstraße 16
8045 Graz, Österreich
T +43-316/8017-9000
Appointment upon request
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Tues-Sat 10am-12pm
Open in addition:
1st May 2023
29th May 2023
Closed:
24th/26th December 2023