Chapter 26, Problem 35A

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Percent of social behavior in insects arise by touching thorax.

Introduction:

In animals, the act of living and performing task together in a group is known as social behavior. The social behavior by touching is observed in some of the insects in which one individual transmit the message to other individual by touching a specific region of the body.

Explanation of Solution

Most of the insects communicate using their limbs. Although some of the responses are also elicited by the touch of thorax. The touch of thorax account approximately a total of 0-20% of the social behavior in the insects.