Figure 1: Trail formation. A: shows the swarm at time 29, when the field is still mostly random. B: at t=208 C: at t=332, the network has initially formed, D: at t=412. E: at t=785, where some branches have disappeared. F: at t=1753, shows the final network that emerges.

Figure 2: Physiological phase plot: A snapshot of the particles' positions at the last two iterations after 1000 time steps starting from a random initial distribution of agents for each and value indicated on the axis. The circles joined by a line is the mean field prediction of a second order phase transition given by Eq. 7. The dashed line is the approximate location of the transition between trails and patches. .

Figure 3: Memory erasure and reconsolidation. A: The original pattern. B: is turned back up after 250 time steps; the trail re-forms completely. C: is turned back up after 265 steps; only a portion of the trail remains. D: is turned back up after 275 steps. E: is turned back up after 300 steps. F: is turned back up after 375 steps.