Grooming behavior in American cockroach is affected by novelty and odor.
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.
Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Thorez Pr., Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia.
Marianna I
MI
Zhukovskaya
D000818:Animals; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D006120:Grooming / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009812:Odorants; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000502:physiology*