She is especially keen on the cricket, particularly Gryllus bimaculatus, the two-spotted field cricket, even though it does not yet enjoy anything near the fruit fly’s following.

To consolidate males status, they vere involved in two rounds of combat in the absence of females. For the second part of the experiment, only absolute champions and absolute "losers" were selected.

Researchers just identified part of the epigenetic pathways responsible for limb regeneration in the two-spotted cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.