ArticleRoyal Society open science2017
Polarized light use in the nocturnal bull ant,
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- Comparative use of a polarized light compass for twilight and moonlight navigation in diurnal and nocturnal bull ants.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
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- Varieties of visual navigation in insects.Animal cognition · 2023Review
- What view information is most important in the homeward navigation of an Australian bull ant, Myrmecia midas?Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2022Article
- The interplay of directional information provided by unpolarised and polarised light in the heading direction network of the diurnal dung beetle Kheper lamarcki.The Journal of experimental biology · 2022Article
- Compass Cue Integration and Its Relation to the Visual Ecology of Three Tribes of Ball-Rolling Dung Beetles.Insects · 2021Article
- Role of the pheromone for navigation in the group foraging ant, Veromessor pergandei.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2021Article
- Spatial cognition in the context of foraging styles and information transfer in ants.Animal cognition · 2020Review
- Effect of large visual changes on the navigation of the nocturnal bull ant, Myrmecia midas.Animal cognition · 2020Article
- Not just going with the flow: foraging ants attend to polarised light even while on the pheromone trail.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2019Article
- Principles of Insect Path Integration.Current biology : CB · 2018Review
- Distinguishing between apparent and actual randomness: a preliminary examination with Australian ants.Behavioral ecology and sociobiology · 2018Article
- How to Navigate in Different Environments and Situations: Lessons From Ants.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Review
- The View from the Trees: Nocturnal Bull Ants,Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Solitary foraging ants have a navigational toolkit, which includes the use of both terrestrial and celestial visual cues, allowing individuals to successfully pilot between food sources and their nest. One such celestial cue is the polarization pattern in the overhead sky. Here, we explore the use of polarized light during outbound and inbound journeys and with different home vectors in the nocturnal bull ant,
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