Cave Crickets Moving Out Of The Cave

Crickets are poikilotherms, meaning they are dependent on external sources to control their body temperature. When seasons change and temperatures begin to drop so does their body temperature affecting both activity levels and metabolism (Mellanby 1939). Like so many other animals, when temperature drops and it becomes harder to stay warm and and requires more food, but if movement is impaired due to the cold that becomes much harder. In a study on the activity of cave crickets, they found that 45 percent of crickets moving out of the cave was affected by temperature and humidity (Campbell 1976). This shows that there was some sort of relationship between temperature and movement of crickets out of the cave. Since this study was done during