Ant visual spectrum

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maliqua
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Ant visual spectrum

Post: # 48882Post maliqua
Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:50 pm

Does anyone know the light spectrums that are (or are not) visible to ants?

CampoKing
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Re: Ant visual spectrum

Post: # 48883Post CampoKing
Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:56 pm

Most ants see green, blue, infrared or deep red, and many see UV.
This allows them to establish navigational references to the ground (green) and sky (blue) with the sun as a third point of reference (UV or infrared). One science article describing this navigation is https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347216000750
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C. pennsylvanicus, C. subbarbatus, C. nearcticus

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