Grooming behavior in American cockroach is affected by novelty and odor.

ABSTRACT: The main features of grooming behavior are amazingly similar among arthropods and land vertebrates and serve the same needs. A particular pattern of cleaning movements in cockroaches shows cephalo-caudal progression. Grooming sequences become longer after adaptation to the new setting. Novelty related changes in grooming are recognized as a form of displacement behavior. Statistical analysis of behavior revealed that antennal grooming in American cockroach, Periplaneta americana L., was significantly enhanced in the presence of odor.

SUBMITTER: Zhukovskaya MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4221865 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature