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The midline metathoracic ear of the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa

Cell and Tissue Research, 1987
The praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, is unique in possessing a single, tympanal auditory organ located in the ventral midline of its body between the metathoracic coxae. The ear is in a deep groove and consists of two tympana facing each other and backed by large air sacs.
D D, Yager, R R, Hoy
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Macroscopic characteristics of the praying mantis electroretinogram

Journal of Insect Physiology, 2013
We described the macroscopic characteristics of the praying mantis ERG in three species, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis, Sphodromantis lineola, and Popa spurca. In all cases, when elicited by square wave light pulses longer than 400 ms, light adapted (LA) ERGs consisted of four component waveforms: a cornea negative transient and sustained ON, a cornea ...
Barbara, Popkiewicz, Frederick R, Prete
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Seasonal aspects of sexual cannibalism in the praying mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Journal of Ethology, 2007
According to the adaptive foraging hypothesis of sexual cannibalism, females face a trade-off between mating and consuming a courting male. Because male and prey availability can change seasonally, sexual cannibalism may change with season. However, we are not aware of any work examining how sexual cannibalism in insects relates to the time of season ...
Pavol Prokop, Radovan Václav
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Feeding Behaviour of the Praying Mantis: A Learned Modification

Nature, 1968
THE feeding behaviour of the praying mantis typically consists of a period of visual search, a slow approach to the prey, capture by an extremely rapid grasping movement of the raptorial prothoracic legs and ingestion of the captured food1,2. The stimulus releasing the strike is visual and is maximal when the prey moves within reach of the forelegs and
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Arginine and memory consolidation in praying mantis

Journal of comparative physiology, 1982
A praying mantis (Stagmatoptera biocellata) shown a bird (Padda oryzivora) displays a frightening response calleddeimatic reaction (DR). Habituation of this response takes place after repeated presentation of the bird (no-DR training). Anoxia with nitrogen impairs no-DR retention but after 5 days of training the no-DR memory becomes completely ...
D'ALESSIO, GIUSEPPE, DI DONATO, ALBERTO, Jaffe' K., Maldonado H., Zabala N.A.   +4 more
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A learning process in the praying mantis

Physiology & Behavior, 1972
Abstract Adult female mantids ( Stagmatoptera biocellata ) were shown a star or a fly, but prevented from catching it. After several frustrated attacks there was a clear-cut decrease of the mantis' response. The fade-out became apparent through two manifestations, i.e.
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Psychological Pain in the Praying Mantis

Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 2017
Psychological pain is an emotional response that results from the loss of an expected reward. Previous work studying reward downshifts with rats and other mammals has shown that there are many parallels between psychological pain and physical pain, including shared brain areas and common neurotransmitter systems. Demonstrations of psychological pain in
Brianna Caison, Alan M Daniel
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Surrealism's Praying Mantis and Castrating Woman

Woman's Art Journal, 2000
preying insects (Orthopteran), relatives of the grasshopper, cricket, and locust.1 The word "mantis" is derived from Greek and means soothsayer, diviner, or magician ordained with spiritual qualities. The scientific term Mantis religiosa is La Mante religieuse or Prie Dieux in French, Gottesanbeterin in German, and Praying Mantis in English.
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The Praying Mantis in Surrealist Art

The Art Bulletin, 1973
The praying mantis became a central iconographic preoccupation for the Surrealists and their circle primarily as a result of its extraordinary mating ritual in which the female devours the male during or after coitus (Fig. i).1 Influenced by the writings of Freud and fascinated by his concept of man's repressed sexuality, the Surrealists found this ...
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From Field and Study: Praying mantis praying on Vertebrates

2005
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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