Diel Behavioral Activity Patterns in Adult Solitarious Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål)
Joint Authors
Hassanali, Ahmed
Bashir, Magzoub Omer
Ould Ely, Sidi
Njagi, Peter G. N.
El-Amin, Salah El-Tom
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The responses of adult solitarious desert locust to odors from a host plant were evaluated in a two-choice wind tunnel.
Solitarious desert locusts collected from the field (Red Sea Coast) were more attracted to volatiles from potted Heliotropium ovalifolium in scotophase than in photophase.
The attraction towards the host plant odors rather than to clean air, in both photophase and scotophase, concurs with previous observations on oviposition preferences near these plants.
Diel behavioral activity patterns of adult solitarious desert locusts Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) that were collected from the field in Port Sudan were investigated by monitoring, scanning, resting, taking off, and walking/running in a wind tunnel.
Solitarious locusts that had been propagated in the laboratory for 20 generations were also observed for comparison.
In both groups of locusts, insects were significantly more active after sunset and this activity attained peak level at 1-2 hours after dusk.
Of the two groups, solitarious locusts collected from the field were significantly more active.
In the scotophase, the former traversed distances that were about seven times those covered by laboratory-reared locusts.
Overall, the results show that the repertoire of behavioral activities of solitarious locusts is maintained in laboratory-reared insects, albeit at a lower level.
The implications of these observations in the behavioral ecology of the desert locust are discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ould Ely, Sidi& Njagi, Peter G. N.& Bashir, Magzoub Omer& El-Amin, Salah El-Tom& Hassanali, Ahmed. 2010. Diel Behavioral Activity Patterns in Adult Solitarious Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål). Psyche،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ould Ely, Sidi…[et al.]. Diel Behavioral Activity Patterns in Adult Solitarious Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål). Psyche No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ould Ely, Sidi& Njagi, Peter G. N.& Bashir, Magzoub Omer& El-Amin, Salah El-Tom& Hassanali, Ahmed. Diel Behavioral Activity Patterns in Adult Solitarious Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål). Psyche. 2010. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473211
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-473211