Table 1.
Summary of movement parameters for B. thieli walking on different substrates. Avg, average; s.d., standard deviation; ct. dur., contact time duration; cycle, cycle length duration; freq, frequency; d.f. duty factor.
| fore limb |
hind limb |
tail |
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| substrate | ct. dur. (s) | cycle (s) | freq. (Hz) | d.f. (%) | ct. dur. (s) | cycle (s) | freq. (Hz) | d.f. (%) | ct. dur. (s) | cycle (s) | freq. (Hz) | d.f. (%) | |
| wire | avg | 10.6 | 13.3 | 0.08 | 79 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 0.08 | 69 | ||||
| s.d. | 3.2 | 3.7 | 0.02 | 4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.01 | 9 | |||||
| narrow branch | avg | 13.0 | 16.4 | 0.08 | 77 | 12.5 | 16.3 | 0.08 | 75 | ||||
| s.d. | 7.0 | 8.9 | 0.05 | 5 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 0.03 | 6 | |||||
| wide branch | avg | 10.3 | 13.7 | 0.08 | 79 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 0.08 | 81 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 0.19 | 49 |
| s.d. | 3.4 | 3.9 | 0.02 | 2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 0.02 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.07 | 18 | |
| ground | avg | 5.4 | 6.5 | 0.17 | 77 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 0.17 | 67 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0.34 | 27 |
| s.d. | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.05 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.13 | 12 | |