ENWC205 Study Guide - Final Guide: Deathwatch Beetle, Isoamyl Acetate, Sex Pheromone

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Entomology and Wildlife Conservation
• Course: ENWC205
• Professor: Deborah Delaney

Document Summary

Complex behavior: combinations of kineses and taxes in sequence. One behavior acts a releaser for another behavioral cascade. Behavior depends on state of readiness (often hormones) Circadian rhythms: readiness may occur at certain times of day. Change in behavior with experience: often no time in short life, lacking in neurons, only where adaptive. Habituation: change of behavior as a result of repeated stimulus, eventually ignores, ex. Puff of air: cockroach runs away: eventually stops responding, even a single leg can learn , repeated shock, pulls up, eventually holds up. Associative learning: fruit fly larvae, can learn to associate odors or light conditions with high quality food or danger, honey bees, learn to associate colors, odors, shapes with presence of nectar, can be trained . Locating and recognizing food: food habits, herbivores, carnivores, saprophytes, food location, scent, taste (esp. herbivores, movement, vibration (esp. predators) Insect communication: sound: stridulation, scraper and file (ex.