Development rate rather than social environment influences cognitive performance in Australian black field crickets, Teleogryllus commodus by Caitlin L. Anderson, Michael M. Kasumovic

“…In this study, we examine how developmental plasticity can affect cognitive ability by exploring the role the early social environment has on problem solving ability and learning of female black field crickets, Teleogryllus commodus. We used two learning paradigms, an analog of the Morris water maze and a novel linear maze, to examine cognitive differences between individuals reared in two acoustic treatments: silence or calling. …”
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Prior mating success can affect allocation towards future sexual signaling in crickets by Rachel Chiswell, Madeline Girard, Claudia Fricke, Michael M. Kasumovic

“…Here we tested whether adult male black field crickets (Teleogryllus commodus) modify the extent of their calling effort (the sexually selected trait) in response to successful and unsuccessful matings with females. …”
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