The tarantula wolf spider measures distance with its lateral eyes, and uses polarized light to track its movement away from its burrow and calculates its return trip. It doesnt retrace its steps, but moves as though it had followed the sides of a right-angle triangle, returning along the hypotenuse.

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The tarantula wolf spider measures distance with its lateral eyes, and uses polarized light to track its movement away from its burrow and calculates its return trip. It doesnt retrace its steps, but moves as though it had followed the sides of a right-angle triangle, returning along the hypotenuse.