Behavioural phenotypes over the lifetime of a holometabolous insect

Frontiers in Zoology
Thorben Müller, C Muller

Abstract

Behavioural traits can differ considerably between individuals, and such differences were found to be consistent over the lifetime of an organism in several species. Whether behavioural traits of holometabolous insects, which undergo a metamorphosis, are consistent across ontogeny is virtually unexplored. We investigated several behavioural parameters at five different time points in the lifetime of the holometabolous mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), two times in the larval (second and third larval stage) and three times in the adult stage. We investigated 1) the stability of the behavioural phenotype (population level), 2) whether individuals rank consistently across behavioural traits and over their lifetime (individual level), and 3) in how far behavioural traits are correlated with the developmental time of the individuals. We identified two behavioural dimensions in every life stage of P. cochleariae, activity and boldness (population level). Larvae and young adults ranked consistently across the investigated behavioural traits, whereas consistency over time was only found in adults but not between larvae and adults (individual level). Compared to adult beetles, larvae were less active. ...Continue Reading

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Feb 26, 2016·Journal of Insect Physiology·Thorben Müller, Caroline Müller
Apr 23, 2016·Ecology and Evolution·Thorben Müller, Caroline Müller
Oct 28, 2016·Journal of Chemical Ecology·Viktoria V TomczakCaroline Müller
Apr 30, 2020·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Chloé Monestier, Alison M Bell
Nov 7, 2017·Behavioural Processes·Yonatan Wexler, Inon Scharf

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