... Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex,France 2 4 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 Image matching memory recall navigation visual landmarks wood ant Some insects remember a place with the aid of visual memories consisting of retinotopic views or snapshots, taken...

... that ants maintain a desired distance from the wall by keeping the image of the top of the wall at a particular retinal elevation. Ants can thus employ image matching both for returning to a place and for following a fixed route. Unlike many flying insects, an ant's direction of motion while walking...

... (e-mail: T.S.Collett@sussex.ac.uk ) 31 03 1999 08 06 1999 © 1999 by Company of Biologists 1999 wood ant Formica rufa landmark fixation learning navigation image matching Many animals recognise significant sites in their environment in terms of particular sets...