Research Journal of Animal Sciences
ISSN: Online 1994-4640ISSN: Print 1993-5269
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.
How to cite this article:
Ruchitha Goonatilake. Effects of Food and Female Stimulation of Aggression in Acheta domesticus.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/rjnasci.2013.23.28
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1993-5269/rjnasci.2013.23.28