Ant Hex Coil

This is a coil designed to maximize the distance that ants have to travel to reach their food while fitting within a medium-sized formicarium. If you have a large enough ant colony, you should be able to see them form a trail along the coil. It is composed of a base, a top platform, and a number of “ribs” which make up the main part of the coil. The more ribs you include, the taller the coil will be. There is also a detachable hexagon piece that fits within the top platform and a 12 gauge aluminum wire that supports the coil. The hexagon should be laser cut from acrylic if possible, but I have also included an STL for it in case you don’t have access to a laser cutter. I got the wire from the Home Depot and it can also be found on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Beadsmith-DA2602-Aluminum-Gauge-Coil-Silver/dp/B003LTGS4E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1512932964&sr=8-3&keywords=12+gauge+aluminum+wire