The temperature and humidity relations of the cockroach (Blatta orientalis)

Gunn, D. L.

doi:10.1007/bf00339156

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“…For example, some insects preferred cooler temperatures when kept in a dry environment prior to testing ( Adesmia clothroata : Deal, 1941; Blatta orientalis : Gunn and Cosway, 1938). However, other authors have found no effect of gradient humidity on T p ( Blatta orientalis : Gunn, 1933; Periplaneta americana : Chapman, 1965). …”

Section: Tp Of Adult Drosophilamentioning

confidence: 83%

Thermal preference in Drosophila

Dillon

Wang

Garrity

et al. 2009

Journal of Thermal Biology

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Environmental temperature strongly affects physiology of ectotherms. Small ectotherms, like Drosophila, cannot endogenously regulate body temperature so must rely on behavior to maintain body temperature within a physiologically permissive range. Here we review what is known about Drosophila thermal preference. Work on thermal behavior in this group is particularly exciting because it provides the opportunity to connect genes to neuromolecular mechanisms to behavior to fitness in the wild.

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Section: Tp Of Adult Drosophilamentioning

confidence: 83%

Thermal preference in Drosophila

Dillon

Wang

Garrity

et al. 2009

Journal of Thermal Biology

233

227

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“…This calculation is based on the assumption that weight loss was the result of incidental and respiratory water loss and not related to other effects (Gunn 1933, Kemper 1936, Klok and Chown 1997. Thus, water loss can be directly calculated from the mass recorded at the various time intervals in conjunction with the set temperature and RH.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Temperature and Humidity on the Survival and Water Loss of Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

How

Lee²

2010

jnl. med. entom.

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The effect of temperature and humidity on the survival and water loss of the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus (F.), was studied using two field-collected strains. Insects were exposed to temperatures ranging from 20 to 45 degrees C and relative humidities (RHs) of 33, 75, and 100%. C. hemipterus survived longest under the interaction of low temperature (20 degrees C) and high RH (75-100%). Survival and water loss were significantly affected (P < 0.01) by temperature and RH (either singly, or in interaction). Strain and sex significantly (P < 0.01) influenced bed bug survival, but not on water loss. Eggs, first instars, and adults reached their upper thermal lethal limit within 1 h at 39 degrees C, 44 degrees C, and 46 degrees C, respectively. The survival and water loss profiles showed that starved C. hemipterus started to die after losing 35-45% of their body weights.

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“…Humidity can have an overriding effect on position in a gradient (46). On the other hand, humidity may not affect temperature preference of well-hydrated animals (35, 69,216), but desiccated individuals often seek lower temperatures even at high humidity (69,193). The effect of acclimation temperature is variable.…”

Section: Thermal Preferencementioning

confidence: 98%