@article{MAKHILLRJANS20137227721,
title = {Effects of Food and Female Stimulation of Aggression in Acheta domesticus},
journal = {Research Journal of Animal Sciences},
volume = {7},
number = {2},
pages = {23-28},
year = {2013},
issn = {1993-5269},
doi = {rjnasci.2013.23.28},
url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1993-5269&doi=rjnasci.2013.23.28},
author = {Ruchitha},
keywords = {Acheta domesticus,crickets,aggression,female stimulus and food stimulus,trails},
abstract = {In this study, an experiment was conducted to study the food
and sexual factors stimulating aggression. In particular, these were the presence
of food and the presence of a female in a transparent container. These factors
were studied to analyze if they provided the crickets with a motivation to initiate
aggression. The behaviors analyzed were the initial aggression time, the total
fight time, the hits per total fight time ratio and the dependence of weight
on the fight outcome. The crickets were placed in an arena, acclimated and were
allowed to interact afterwards. Two sets of trials were done with the addition
of the food stimulus or the addition of the female stimulus. The results demonstrated
that there was no statistical significance of the factors in the aggression
of the male crickets. It can be concluded from these results that the Acheta
domesticus may be less inclined to aggression due to the fact that they
are not an extremely isolated cricket species which does not motivate a great
deal of aggression.}
}