Watch ants find food using pheromone communication — an emergent self-organised behaviour where simple rules create complex colony intelligence. Each ant follows local chemical gradients, yet the colony as a whole finds optimal paths.
Stigmergy — indirect communication via environment. Ants deposit pheromones that attract others, creating positive feedback loops for efficient foraging.
Use sliders to change ant count, food sources and pheromone decay rate. Click on the field to add food. Right-click to remove it. Toggle two-colony mode to watch competition.
Real ant colonies use over 20 different pheromone chemicals. This model simulates the two most important: "food found" and "way home" trails.