...Jean-Luc Perret; Patrick M. Guerin; Peter A. Diehl; Michéle Vlimant; Lise Gern SUMMARY The behaviour of Ixodes ricinus nymphs was recorded in 10-day experiments using computer-assisted video-tracking, in the absence of any host stimuli. These ticks switch spontaneously from questing...

... gregaria desert locust phase maternal inheritance nutrition feeding behaviour. The desert locust Schistocerca gregaria has the genetic potential to exist in either of two extreme forms, phases solitaria or gregaria , which differ markedly in behaviour, colour, shape, metabolic...

...Harald Wolf; Ulrich Bässler; Roland Spieß; Rolf Kittmann SUMMARY The extremely slow return movements observed in stick insects (phasmids) after imposed changes in posture are termed catalepsy. In the literature, catalepsy is treated as a behavioural component of the twig mimesis observed...

... University, Kline Biology Tower, New Haven, CT 06511, U.S.A. 6 11 1984 © 1985 by Company of Biologists 1985 Hirudo locomotion behaviour. Mechanical stimulation of the leech body wall can evoke a variety of behavioural responses, including curling, bending, shortening...