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In a field population of Gryllus campestris, 209 males and 175 females were marked individually and their migratory and mating behavior was observed. Many females and males mate more than once and both sexes change burrows frequently. All copulations observed were during the day. Automatic recording of calling in 12 selected males, and walking in 7 females, showed that an individual male may call predominantly during the day, during the night, or both day and night, but the females show locomotory activity predominantly during the day. Thus, female locomotion is significantly temporally correlated with copulation but not with male calling.
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Rost, R., Honegger, H.W. The timing of premating and mating behavior in a field population of the cricket Gryllus campestris L.. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 21, 279–289 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299965
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