ABSTRACT

Interest in insect behavior is growing rapidly, as reflected both in courses devoted fully to the topic and in its inclusion in general biology, ecology, invertebrate zoology, and animal behavior--as well as general entomology--curricula. Instructors and students find that insects are in many ways uniquely suitable animals for behavioral study: the

part A|29 pages

Observation, Description, and Analysis of Behavior

part B|32 pages

Spatial Adjustment and Orientation

chapter 4|4 pages

Orientation: I. Thermokinesis in Tribolium Beetles

ByRoger D. Akre

chapter 5|4 pages

Orientation: II. Optomotor Responses of Dragonfly Naiads

ByRoger D. Akre

chapter 6|8 pages

Patterns of Spatial Distribution in Field Crickets

ByWilliam H. Cade

chapter 7|5 pages

Object Orientation in Mealworm Beetles

ByRudolf Jander

chapter 8|11 pages

The Locomotion of Grasshoppers

ByRobert Franklin

part C|24 pages

Food Location

chapter 9|6 pages

Optimal Foraging Strategy: I. Flower Choice by Bumble Bees

ByBernd Heinrich

chapter 10|5 pages

Optimal Foraging Strategy: II. Foraging Movements of Bumble Bees

ByBernd Heinrich

chapter 11|8 pages

Foraging Behavior of Subterranean Termites

ByWilliam L. Nutting

chapter 12|5 pages

Foraging Orientation of Honey Bees

ByRudolf Jander

part D|14 pages

Food Recognition, Acceptance, and Regulation

chapter 13|6 pages

Host Acceptance by Aphids: Effects of Sinigrin

ByLowell R. Nault

chapter 14|8 pages

Blow Fly Feeding Behavior

ByJohn G. Stoffolano

part E|33 pages

Communication

chapter 15|4 pages

Communication in Mealworm Beetles

ByRonald L. Rutowski

chapter 16|6 pages

Chemical Recruitment in the Fire Ant

ByJanice R. Matthews

chapter 17|9 pages

Exploratory and Recruitment Trail Marking by Eastern Tent Caterpillars

ByT. D. Fitzgerald

chapter 18|7 pages

Dominance in a Cockroach (Nauphoeta)

ByGeorge C. Eickwort

chapter 19|7 pages

Cricket Phonotaxis: Experimental Analysis of an Acoustic Response

ByGlenn K. Morris, Paul D. Bell

part F|9 pages

Defense

chapter 20|9 pages

Defensive Behavior in Beetles

ByJanice R. Matthews

part G|32 pages

Sexual Behavior

chapter 21|5 pages

Reproductive Behavior of Giant Water Bugs: I. Male Brooding

ByRobert L. Smith

chapter 23|8 pages

Sexual Behavior of Damselflies

ByJohn Alcock, Ronald L. Rutowski

chapter 24|5 pages

Courtship of Melittobia Wasps

ByRobert W. Matthews

part H|14 pages

Brood Care, Nesting, and Social Life

chapter 26|8 pages

Foundress Interactions in Paper Wasps (Polistes)

ByRobert W. Matthews

chapter 27|6 pages

Sound Production and Communication in Subsocial Beetles

ByWilliam H. Gotwald

part I|32 pages

Integration and Organization of Behavior

chapter 28|12 pages

Comparative Anatomy of the Insect Neuroendocrine System

ByJohn G. Stoffolano, Chih-Ming Yin

chapter 29|7 pages

Grooming in the Fly Phormia

ByWilliam G. Eberhard, Janice R. Matthews

chapter 30|7 pages

Laterality in Drosophila

ByLee Ehrman, Ira B. Perelle

part J|18 pages

Non-Traditional Behavioral Study Methods

part K|47 pages

Aids to the Instructor