Shuttle Box Replication9/21/2023  Espial Upon The Blaberus discoids Shared Behavior and Their Response To Conspecifics Group dynamics are important for understanding how animals use collective decision-making to solve problems. From prior studies it has been concluded that the Blaberus discoidalis has an affinity for shade in contrast to Illumination, but whether that idiosyncratic behavior is stable when given a nexus of familiarity among members of its species was yet to be studied. In this article, we present the collective shade response and display the stability of the General behavior when presented with a semblance of group conformity. Eric Alan Barnes II - Undergraduate [email protected] Courtney Mohr - Undergraduate [email protected] Runway Pilot9/20/2023 Ruminating On Blaberus Discoids Runway BehaviorHolometabolous Insects such as cockroaches have been investigated to understand associative learning using classical and operant conditioning. Though many studies on learning ability exist the amount of information found on the Blaberus discoidalis is substandard. Given the paucity of comparative data using insects such as roaches, demonstrating experimental control over runway behaviors was our aspiration. Two runways that differed only in color acted as the tools of discovery. Over the course of the study, the realization was that discriminating pigmentation was not inherently a proclivity. Though riddled with error, the data from the study proved effective in displaying the lack of a difference between discriminating the two visually distinct (to us) runways by maintaining correspondent behavior. Eric Alan Barnes II - Undergraduate
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