A comparative study of the level of locomotor activity throughout postembryonic development of two cricket species: Acheta domesticus L. and Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer (Ensifera: Gryllidae)

• Published in: Journal of insect behavior Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 845 - 858
• Main Authors: GORSKA-ANDRZEJAK, Jolanta, WOJTUSIAK, Janusz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Springer 01.11.2003; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acheta domesticus; Animal behavior; Animal ethology; Biological and medical sciences; Comparative studies; Entomology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gryllus bimaculatus; Insects; Larvae; Locomotor activity; Protozoa. Invertebrata; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Locomotion; Animal activity; Acheta domesticus; Arthropoda; Insecta; Orthoptera; Interspecific comparison; Gryllus bimaculatus; locomotor activity; Gryllidae; Invertebrata; Postembryonic development
• ISSN: 0892-7553; 1572-8889
• DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000018324.48914.0c

The level of locomotor activity throughout the entire postembryonic development of two crickets, Acheta domesticus (L.) and Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, has been investigated under controlled laboratory conditions. In both species the level of activity was subject to changes in the course of their development. Activity was reduced during the molting periods, creating a fluctuating pattern, yet in both species it was significantly higher at the end of development than at the beginning. Although the general trend of changes occurring was similar in both species, there were significant between-species differences in their pattern. The activity of A. domesticus larvae seemed to increase more gradually and it was significantly higher than the activity of G. bimaculatus larvae.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]