Many insects display lateral oscillations while moving, but how these oscillations are
produced and participate in visual navigation remains unclear. Here, we show that visually …

We caught solitary foragers of the Australian Jack Jumper ant, Myrmecia croslandi, and
released them in three compass directions at distances of 10 and 15 m from the nest at …

Solitary foraging ants rely on vision when travelling along routes and when pinpointing their
nest. We tethered foragers of Myrmecia croslandi on a trackball and recorded their intended …

We provide a detailed analysis of the learning walks performed by Myrmecia croslandi ants
at the nest during which they acquire visual information on its location. Most learning walks …

Understanding dispersal is central to interpreting the effects of climate change, habitat loss
and habitat fragmentation, and species invasions. Prior to dispersal, animals may gather …

Much evidence has accumulated in recent years, demonstrating that the degree to which
navigating insects rely on path integration or landmark guidance when displaced depends …

Ants are thought to be special among Hymenopterans in having only dichromatic colour
vision based on two spectrally distinct photoreceptors. Many ants are highly visual animals …

We constructed a large projection device (the Antarium) with 20,000 UV-Blue-Green LEDs
that allows us to present tethered ants with views of their natural foraging environment. The …

Ant foragers are known to memorise visual scenes that allow them to repeatedly travel along
idiosyncratic routes and to return to specific places. Guidance is provided by a comparison …

Abstract The Central Australian red honey-pot ant Melophorus bagoti maintains non-cryptic
ground-nesting colonies in the semi-desert habitat, performing all the activities outside the …