Ants of the Species <I>Cataglyphis fortis</I> Smell the Plume of Nests (VIDEO)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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Sequences of the movie: i.) Set up of an experiment in the desert (Tunisia), ii.) thread and smoke visualize the direction of the nest plume, iii.) an ant moving straight upwind of the plume, performing a zig-zag course of walking as typical for insects.

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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology/Buehlmann, Knaden

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