Insect Behavior

Terms

behavior

directive action and reaction of an individual toward the environment using a repertoire of modifications

instinct

fixed action-pattern behavior

habituation

decrease in responses to repeated stimuli

associative learning

associating a stimulus and reward

latent learning

behavior with no immediate reward

insight

new adaptive responses to solve problems (reasoning)

kinesis

nondirectional or random movements not specifically directed toward a stimulus

taxis

directed orientation toward or away from a stimulus

Topics

• Rhythms
  • exogenous
  • endogenous/circadian (biological clock)
  • diurnal, nocturnal, crepuscular
• Locating Food and Initiating Feeding
  • phytophagous, carnivorous, saprophagous, omnivorous
• Locating Mates and Copulation
• Oviposition
• Orientation
  • sun, moon, reference points
• Migration
• Protective Behavior
  • Autotomy
  • Reflex Immobility
  • Reflex Bleeding
  • Defensive Secretions
  • Sonic Behavior
• Concealing Coloration
• Revealing Coloration
  • pseudomorphic
  • flash
  • aposematic
• Mimicry
  • Batesian
  • Müllerian