Movement of adult German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (Linnaeus), from an occupied harbourage shelter to a vacant new shelter : 3. Interaction between males and females

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  • チャバネゴキブリ成虫の新潜伏場所への移動 : (第 3 報)雌雄間の相互干渉
  • Movement of adult German cockroaches Bl

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When a harbourage shelter occupied by marked cockroaches was placed in one of two compartments divided by a partition with a small hole through which the cockroaches could come in and go out in a test container, and another new and vacant shelter was placed in the other, the movement frequency of male adults from one compartment to the other was much higher than that of female adults. The movement frequency of male adults increased with the increase of population density more sensitively than that of female adults. When female adults were released into a test container where only one shelter fully occupied by male adults had been placed, most of the male adults in the shelter were replaced by the female adults within 10 minutes. Female adults having fully occupied a shelter, however, were not replaced by introduced male adults. These results indicate that female adults prevail over male adults in their interaction for a suitable harbourage space, while male adults tend to seek new space more actively than female adults.

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