Table 1. The six elementary modes of fly locomotor behavior.
No Rotation | Rotation | |
Progression on Straight path | Fixed-front-on-Straight-path (‘A’) | Rotation-on-Straight-Path (‘B’) |
Progression on Curved path | Fixated-Front-on-Curved-Path (‘C’) | Rotation-on-Curved-Path (‘D’) |
No progression | Lingering (‘L’) | Rotation-in-place (‘R’) |
The modes reflect the dynamics of the angular interval between the animal's direction of progression and the direction it faces.