The theme of the "Ronda" stand is inspired by the ancient Spanish city of the same name, located in the mountains of Andalusia. The city of Ronda has a rich history, it was founded long before our era by the Celts, later it was part of the Roman Empire, after the collapse of which it was conquered by the Moors. It is to this period that Ronda owes its Moorish style in architecture. One of the most famous objects of this amazing city is the Puente Nuevo bridge, hovering at a height of 100 meters above the canyon of the Guadalevin River. This remarkable architectural monument decorates the background of our stand.

One of the meanings of the word Ronda in Spanish is Circle. Since the city itself is surrounded by a halo of magic, in the very center of the stand arena we placed a magic circle that changes its colors depending on the lighting. It is made of natural minerals and beautiful Baltic amber. Crystals of amethyst, quartz, fluorite and ancient fossilized shells also decorate the interior of the Ronda stand, creating a feeling of direct contact with antiquity. But the most important thing is, of course, its inhabitants, ants. According to scientists, ants are about 130 million years old, so they, like no one else, know a lot about antiquity and are its most real representatives, because they lived even in the time of dinosaurs.

 

The stand has 3 separate formicariums, one main gypsum block and two wooden ones, made by hand in natural tree trunks. Usually, ants use the main gypsum block for living and feeding offspring, and the wooden ones - for storing a supply of seeds, which they feed on. But when conditions change (temperature, humidity), they can move to the wooden sections themselves.

 

The owners of the stand are a large and established colony of harvester ants Messor structor, which, as already mentioned, feed on grain. They unload the grain themselves from a feeder made in the form of a cart, and drag it home grain by grain, which is very convenient and exciting to watch. The ants go to a well for water, also installed in the arena.

 

There are two types of lighting for the stand: daylight LED lighting and ultraviolet illumination. Switching between lighting modes allows you to completely change the appearance of the interior space of the stand. This effect is achieved by using materials and natural minerals developed by us that have fluorescence and residual glow properties. Even with the lighting completely turned off, in complete darkness, the Ronda stand glows with a magical light for several hours.

 

Dimensions: 60*32*45 cm