Fig. 5. Orientation of ants 0.5 m (inner circle) and 5 m from the release point
following a sideways displacement of 1.5 m, 3 m, 6 m and 10 m from the feeder.
Nest direction, mean vector
, length of the mean vector r and
sample size N are shown. The arrowhead indicates the true nest
direction, Nest
, from the point of release.