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Mantis Shrimp Locomotion: Coordination and Variation of Hybrid Metachronal Swimming

open access: yesIntegrative Organismal Biology, 2023
Synopsis Across countless marine invertebrates, coordination of closely spaced swimming appendages is key to producing diverse locomotory behaviors. Using a widespread mechanism termed hybrid metachronal propulsion, mantis shrimp swim by moving five ...
S. Hanson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Two Observations of Predation on Lepidoptera [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) During the early afternoon of 25 August, 1977, a large European mantid, Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, was observed feeding on an adult male monarch butterfly, Donaus p.
Leeuw, Irwin
core   +3 more sources

Spatial Distribution of Mantis Shrimp (Harpiosquilla raphidea) in Small-Scale Gillnet Fishery: A Case Study in Kuala Tungkal, Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency, Jambi

open access: yesJurnal Kelautan Tropis, 2023
Mantis Shrimp is one of economically important species due to its high value for export commodities. Mantis shrimp fishing in Kuala Tungkal is categorized as small-scale fisheries.
Farhan Ramdhani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A pilot study examining garment severance damage caused by a trained sharp-weapon user [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The pilot study summarized in this paper aimed to raise awareness of a gap that exists in the forensic textile science literature about damage caused to clothing by trained sharp-weapon users.
Carr, D. J.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Podagrion splendens (Spinola, 1811) (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) : a new record of Torymidae from Malta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The genus Podagrion was previously unrecorded from Malta. Podagrion wasps are associated with the oothecae of various mantids in which they are parasitoids.
Cassar, Thomas
core   +1 more source

Extraction and Physico–Chemical Characterization of Chitosan from Mantis Shrimp (Oratosquilla nepa) Shell and the Development of Bio-Composite Film with Agarose

open access: yesPolymers, 2022
Mantis shrimp (Oratosquilla nepa) exoskeleton, a leftover generated after processing, was used as a starting material for chitosan (CS) production.
Suthasinee Yarnpakdee   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detailed description of some mantis shrimp larvae and their implication for the character evolution within Stomatopoda

open access: yesNauplius, 2020
We present a documentation of the morphological details of two larval stages of mantis shrimps. Documentation was done using the autofluorescence capacities of the cuticle.
Joris Wiethase   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

\u3ci\u3eMantis Religiosa\u3c/i\u3e (Mantodea: Mantidae) in Door County, Wisconsin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The European mantid (Mantis religiosa) has been observed at several sites spanning a distance of approximately 50 km in northern Door County, Wisconsin.
Cochran, Philip A, Kisselburg, Mark A
core   +2 more sources

Non-consumptive predator effects shape honey bee foraging and recruitment dancing. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Predators can reduce bee pollination and plant fitness through successful predation and non-consumptive effects. In honey bees, evidence of predation or a direct attack can decrease recruitment dancing and thereby magnify the effects of individual ...
Allison Bray, James Nieh
doaj   +1 more source

A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region

open access: yesFragmenta entomologica, 2021
The distribution and knowledge on the Mediterranean mantid Iris oratoria (Linnaeus, 1785) is here updated. Despite is beautiful appearance and presence in the social media, the scientific knowledge on its real distribution is poor and incomplete and this
Roberto Battiston   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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