ArticleAnimal cognition2020
Effect of large visual changes on the navigation of the nocturnal bull ant, Myrmecia midas.
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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
- Route learning and transport of resources during colony relocation in Australian desert ants.Learning & behavior · 2025Article
- Desert ants (Melophorus bagoti) oscillate and scan more in navigation when the visual scene changes.Animal cognition · 2025Article
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- Directed retreat and navigational mechanisms in trail following Formica obscuripes.Learning & behavior · 2024Article
- Scanning behaviour in ants: an interplay between random-rate processes and oscillators.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2023Article
- 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
- Minding the gap: learning and visual scanning behaviour in nocturnal bull ants.The Journal of experimental biology · 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
- Multimodal interactions in insect navigation.Animal cognition · 2020Review
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Abstract
Nocturnal insects have remarkable visual capacities in dim light. They can navigate using both the surrounding panorama and celestial cues. Individual foraging ants are efficient navigators, able to accurately reach a variety of goal locations. During navigation, foragers compare the current panoramic view to previously learnt views. In this natural experiment, we observed the effects of large panorama changes, the addition of a fence and the removal of several trees near the nest site, on the navigation of the nocturnal bull ant Myrmecia midas. We examined how the ants' navigational efficiency and behaviour changed in response to changes in ~ 30% of the surrounding skyline, following them over multiple nights. Foragers were displaced locally off-route where we collected initial orientations and homing paths both before and after large panorama changes. We found that immediately after these changes, foragers were unable to initially orient correctly to the nest direction and foragers' return paths were less straight, suggesting increased navigational uncertainty. Continued testing showed rapid recovery in both initial orientation and path straightness.
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