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Taylor, C.H.; Watson, D.J.G.; Bell, D.; Skelhorn, J.; Gilbert, F. ; Reader, T.

Chick behavioural responses to 3D-printed insect replicas, featuring combinations of traits from wasps and flies

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https://doi.org/10.5285/45391184-603e-4284-bb3c-9c8c6bf856ab
These data describe individual behaviour during an experiment investigating chick responses to different trait combinations in 3D-printed insect replicas. Replicas were based on various combinations of shape, pattern, colour and size traits taken from either non-mimetic flies (Tachina fera) or wasps (Vespula vulgaris). Data describe chick progress through several phases:
- A grouped phase where chicks became familiar with foraging within the experimental arena
- A training phase, during which they open lids of small dishes and consume mealworms,
- A learning phase, where the chicks learned to associate fly stimuli with a reward and wasp stimuli with no reward
- A testing phase, in which they were presented with single stimuli at a time and we recorded the time taken to approach and attack the stimulus.
Also included are chick growth curves (daily weights in g) for the period of the experiment.
Publication date: 2024-04-09
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Behavioural observations were noted in the laboratory at the time of the experiment, and later transcribed from notebooks to digital spreadsheets. Timings were analysed from video recordings played at 0.3x using the software BORIS. Quality control and collation of data was carried out within R v.4.3.2 before export to .csv

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Cite this dataset as:
Taylor, C.H.; Watson, D.J.G.; Bell, D.; Skelhorn, J.; Gilbert, F. ; Reader, T. (2024). Chick behavioural responses to 3D-printed insect replicas, featuring combinations of traits from wasps and flies. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/45391184-603e-4284-bb3c-9c8c6bf856ab

Correspondence/contact details

Taylor, C.H.
University of Nottingham
 christopher.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk

Authors

Taylor, C.H.
University of Nottingham
Watson, D.J.G.
University of Nottingham
Bell, D.
University of Nottingham
Skelhorn, J.
Newcastle University
Gilbert, F.
University of Nottingham
Reader, T.
University of Nottingham

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University of Nottingham
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
Keywords
3D printing , Animal behaviour , Behaviour , bird , fly , Gallus gallus domesticus , Hymenoptera , innate , mimicry , Syrphidae , wasp
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S000623/1
Last updated
10 April 2024 14:11