The scientific hypothesis of the experiment was that the residency status of cricket has an impact on the probability or chance that cricket will win a contest. According to Kortet & Hedrick (2007), cricket and other insects exhibit behavioural syndromes when in different contexts such as a habitat and a native environment. Also, Baker (1972) found that insects take less time to establish a territory in a non-invaded native environment. Accordingly, we hypothesize that cricket will establish a territory within a short period in