The role of integumental colour pattern in locust grouping

Experiments were carried out on normally pigmented and albino locusts to measure their social behaviour. Albino nymphs and adults grouped less than normal locusts. This is unlikely to be due to their providing each other with insufficient stimulus to grouping, as in mixed-animal tests, albino locust...

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Published inAnimal behaviour Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 153 - 156
Main Author Gillett, Sylvia D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.01.1973
Subjects
arthropods
entomology
insects
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Summary:Experiments were carried out on normally pigmented and albino locusts to measure their social behaviour. Albino nymphs and adults grouped less than normal locusts. This is unlikely to be due to their providing each other with insufficient stimulus to grouping, as in mixed-animal tests, albino locusts showed no increase in grouping and normal locusts showed no fall in grouping.
ISSN:0003-3472
1095-8282
DOI:10.1016/S0003-3472(73)80053-3