Diel Behavioral Activity Patterns in Adult Solitarious Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål)

Table 2

Comparison of the distance traversed and numbers that reached the host plant (Heliotropium sp.) stimulus in photophase and scotophase. 𝑁 = 80 insects used for each of the three behaviors.

	Mean distance traversed towards the host plant (cm)^x		Numbers reached the host plant source (%)^y
Sex	Photophase	Scotophase	Photophase	Scotophase
Males	26.5±3.2^bc	41.0±2.3^a	35.0	60.0^∗
Females	24.8±3.2^c	36.0±3.3^ab	32.5	57.5^∗

xMeans with the same superscript letter are not significantly different (LSD test, 𝑃<.05).
yDifference between photophase and scotophase activity for each sex in a group of locusts: ∗significant at 𝑃<.05 (𝑡-test).