Visual navigation
- Panorama similarity and navigational knowledge in the nocturnal bull ant Myrmecia midas
Summary: Myrmecia midas show navigational performance differences based on foraging experience. Differences in navigational success correspond with the degree of similarity between the panorama at release locations and panoramas at known locations.
- The choreography of learning walks in the Australian jack jumper ant Myrmecia croslandi
Summary: Ants learn about the location of their nest during highly choreographed learning walks. They systematically scan the scene alternating between looking toward and away from the nest from different compass bearings.
- Acquisition and expression of memories of distance and direction in navigating wood ants
Summary: Wood ants form linked memories of the distance and direction of their homeward foraging route.