02008nas a2200145 4500008004100000245011000041210006900151300001200220490000800232520152000240100002301760700002001783700001801803856004101821 2004 eng d00aTemporal Shifts in Conspicuousness: Mate Attraction Displays of the Texas Field Cricket, Gryllus texensis0 aTemporal Shifts in Conspicuousness Mate Attraction Displays of t a963-9750 v1103 a

Conspicuous mate attraction displays can simultaneously draw the attention of potential mates and predators, placing the signaller in peril of becoming prey. The balance between these countervailing forms of selection has the potential to shape mate attraction displays. Male Texas field crickets (Gryllus texensis; Orthoptera) signal acoustically to attract mates. Mating signals also attract acoustically orienting parasitoid flies (Ormia ochracea; Tachinidae). Both the abundance of female crickets and parasitoid flies fluctuates throughout the night. We show mate attraction displays exhibit diel shifts that correlate positively with expected female cricket presence and negatively with expected parasitoid fly activity. During early evening, when parasitoids are most common and mating is scarce, crickets signal less often and with reduced conspicuousness. During the second half of the evening, when sexually receptive females are abundant and parasitoids are scarce, crickets signal more often and with enhanced conspicuousness. These diel shifts in mate attraction displays do not appear to result from male crickets detecting parasitoid flies or female crickets and altering their behaviour accordingly. Males in close proximity to parasitoid flies or female crickets do not signal differently than lone males. Instead, diel pattern shifts in mate attraction displays appear to be a selective response to trade-offs between natural selection via parasitism and sexual selection via mate choice.

1 aBertram, Susan, M.1 aOrozco, Xochitl1 aBellani, Rudy uhttps://bio.acousti.ca/de/node/5845802577nas a2200157 4500008004100000245015500041210006900196260001600265300001400281490000800295520199800303100002602301700002102327700001702348856005402365 2018 eng d00aLimited flexibility in female Pacific field cricket ( Teleogryllus oceanicus) exploratory behaviors in response to perceived social environment0 aLimited flexibility in female Pacific field cricket iTeleogryllu cJan-09-2018 a650 - 6560 v1243 a

How populations adapt, or not, to rapid evolution of sexual signals has important implications for population viability, but is difficult to assess due to the paucity of examples of sexual signals evolving in real time. In Hawaiian populations of the Pacific field cricket (Teleogryllus oceanicus), selection from a deadly parasitoid fly has driven the rapid loss of a male acoustic signal, calling song, that females use to locate and evaluate potential mates. In this newly quiet environment where many males are obligately silent, how do phonotactic females find mates? Previous work has shown that the acoustic rearing environment (presence or absence of male calling song) during late juvenile stages and early adulthood exposes adaptive flexibility in locomotor behaviors of males, as well as mating behaviors in both sexes that helps facilitate the spread of silent (flatwing) males. Here, we tested whether females also show acoustically induced plasticity in walking behaviors using laboratory‐reared populations of T. oceanicus from Kauai (HI; >90% flatwings), Oahu (HI; ~50% flatwings), and Mangaia (Cook Islands; no flatwings or parasitoid fly). Though we predicted that females reared without song exposure would increase walking behaviors to facilitate mate localization when song is rare, we discovered that, unlike males, female T. oceanicus showed relatively little plasticity in exploratory behaviors in response to an acoustic rearing environment. Across all three populations, exposure to male calling song during development did not affect latency to begin walking, distance walked, or general activity of female crickets. However, females reared in the absence of song walked slower and showed a marginally non‐significant tendency to walk for longer durations of time in a novel environment than those reared in the presence of song. Overall, plasticity in female walking behaviors appears unlikely to have facilitated sexual signal loss in this species.

1 aHeinen-Kay, Justa, L.1 aStrub, Daina, B.1 aZuk, Marlene uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/eth.2018.124.issue-901255nas a2200145 4500008004100000245004800041210004800089260001600137300001400153490000800167520084400175100002001019700001601039856005401055 2018 eng d00aTree cricket baffles are manufactured tools0 aTree cricket baffles are manufactured tools cJan-09-2018 a691 - 6930 v1243 a

Tree crickets use sound to attract mates and make acoustic baffles to increase their sound production efficiency. It has been recently discovered that these insects use a flexible yet inherited behavioural programme to make acoustically optimal baffles. Whether these baffles qualify as tools, however, remains controversial. Here, baffle‐using and baffle‐making behaviours are analysed using the most current and authoritative definition of tool use. The current definition of tool use does not require the tool to be detached from the substrate and includes attached but manipulable external objects. Given this schema, tree cricket baffles, which are attached but manipulated prior to use, must be considered tools. The mode of manufacture for a baffle is “Subtract,” and the mode of use is “Drape”.

1 aMhatre, Natasha1 aBertram, S. uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/eth.2018.124.issue-902441nas a2200217 4500008004100000245013500041210006900176260001600245520170700261653002801968653001801996653001502014653003002029653001102059653002502070100002402095700001802119700002602137700001702163856004302180 2017 eng d00aMale tree weta are attracted to cuticular scent cues but do not discriminate according to sex or among two closely related species0 aMale tree weta are attracted to cuticular scent cues but do not  cMay-08-20183 a

Recognition of conspecifics is an essential precursor of successful mating. Where related species coexist, species discrimination might be important, but because related species are similar, species signal recognition may actually be low. Chemical cues such as cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are frequently used by insects to identify suitable sexual partners. We predicted that New Zealand tree weta ( Hemideina spp.), a genus of nocturnal ensiferan Orthoptera that live both allopatrically and sympatrically, use chemical signals from either frass or CHCs to find mates. In a series of six laboratory trials using both H. thoracica and H. crassidens , we found that male tree weta, but not female tree weta, occupied cavities primed with female cuticular cues more often than cavities without. However, males did not discriminate between chemical cues of male and female conspecifics, or between conspecifics and heterospecifics. In field trials, tree weta did not occupy artificial cavities primed with either female frass or female cuticular cues more often than unscented cavities. However, in both trials weta pref- erentially returned to cavities that had already been occupied earlier in the trials. A final field trial confirmed the presence of mixed species harems during the mating season in one region of sympatry. Our results suggest that selection on sex and spe- cies specific chemical cues that could be used to find conspecific mates is weak. Mixed species aggregations suggest that identification of conspecific mating cues has not evolved to be species specific. We infer that for male tree weta, the cost of mating with heterospecifics is likely less than not mating at all.

10acuticular hydrocarbons10ahybridization10aOrthoptera10areproductive interference10asignal10aspecies recognition1 aWehi, Priscilla, M.1 aMonks, Adrian1 aMorgan-Richards, Mary1 aTregenza, T. uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/eth.1265202575nas a2200133 4500008004100000245009000041210006900131260001600200300001400216490000700230520211800237100001702355856006902372 1987 eng d00aA Comparative Study of Mating Behaviour in Some Neotropical Grasshoppers (Acridoidea)0 aComparative Study of Mating Behaviour in Some Neotropical Grassh cDec-01-1987 a265 - 2960 v763 a

Aspects of premating and mating behaviour in several South American grasshopppers (Acridoidea) are described and compared. Examples of communication by acoustical, visual and chemical means are given.

Acoustic signals are emitted only by species of the subfamilies Gomphocerinae, Acridinae, Romaleinae and Copiocerinae. Each subfamily has distinct sound-producing mechanisms, and the songs occur in different behavioural contexts. In Gomphocerinae and Acridinae the sexes recognize and attract each other by species-specific songs produced by a femuro-tegminal stridulatory mechanism. In contrast, Romaleinae produce a simple song by rubbing the hindwings against the forewings. These songs are similar in different species and no attraction of females could be demonstrated, but the behaviour may function in male-male interaction and during copulation. Sexual pheromones also play a role in this subfamily. Acoustic activity during copulation has been observed in Aleuasini (Copiocerinae), but its function is still unclear.

No sound production at all exists in the Leptysminae, Rhytidochrotinae, Ommatolampinae, Melanoplinae, Proctolabinae and Bactrophorinae, but conspicuous movements of hindlegs (kneewaving) and antennae were observed. In some species these form part of a soundless courtship display.

Ecological constraints have little influence on the basic mating strategies: romaleine, gomphocerine and melanopline grasshoppers often coexist in various habitats, but show the divergent behaviour patterns characteristic of their respective subfamilies. Intrinsic factors of female reproductive physiology seem to be more important: a hormonally controlled reproductive cycle in gomphocerine females provides for only few short copulations, while romaleine females copulate frequently and longer. In Gomphocerinae and Acridinae, receptive females are rare (male-biased operational sex ratio) which leads to intense competition among males. It is hypothesized that this could be responsible for the high diversification of song and courtship patterns in these subfamilies.

1 aRiede, Klaus uhttp://blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eth.1987.76.issue-401489nas a2200145 4500008004100000245012200041210006900163260001600232300001200248490000700260520096100267100002401228700002201252856006901274 1986 eng d00aConfusion of Phonotaxis by Masking Sounds in the Bushcricket Conocephalus brevipennis (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae)0 aConfusion of Phonotaxis by Masking Sounds in the Bushcricket Con cDec-01-1986 a19 - 280 v733 a

Female Conocephalus brevipennis, executing phonotaxis to the call of a conspecific male broadcast from a speaker, were subjected to varying levels of background sound so as to progressively mask the attracting signal. The background consisted of either random noise or the call of a sympatric congener, C. nigropleurum and was delivered from above the orienting female. Disruption of phonotaxis was assayed by monitoring the angular dispersion of the female's exit path from the arena, relative to the position of the conspecific call. Random noise significantly interfered with phonotaxis when it was within 2 dB of the conspecific call intensity, both signals measured at the centre of the arena. The equivalent effect of the call C. nigropleurum was 5 dB above conspecific call intensity. The implication of signal loss within background noise is discussed as are the possible interactive behaviours of competing sympatric syntopic species.

1 aBailey, Winston, J.1 aMorris, Glenn, K. uhttp://blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eth.1986.73.issue-100625nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001400041245012500055210006900180260001600249300001600265490000800281100002600289700002000315856014400335 2001 eng d a0179-161300aDivergence between the Courtship Songs of the Field Crickets Gryllus texensis and Gryllus rubens (Orthoptera, Gryllidae)0 aDivergence between the Courtship Songs of the Field Crickets Gry cMay-12-2003 a1075 - 10850 v1071 aFitzpatrick, Mark, J.1 aGray, David, A. uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1046/j.1439-0310.2001.00730.xhttps://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1439-0310.2001.00730.x