Biology of cave crickets, Hadenoecus subterraneus, and camel crickets, Ceuthophilus stygius (Insecta: Orthoptera): Metabolism and water economies related to size and temperature

摘要

1. 1. Metabolic rate (MR) and water budget (WB) components of cave and camel crickets are directly related to size and temperature.2. 2. MR increases most rapidly with size for insects in general followed by cave crickets (females males), and lastly, camel crickets (no sex differences).3. 3. Metabolic thermal sensitivity of cave crickets (males females) is much greater than camel crickets.4. 4. WB components parallel MR relations.