Anatomy of the lobula complex in the brain of the praying mantis compared to the lobula complexes of the locust and cockroach [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2017 \ua9 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The praying mantis is an insect which relies on vision for capturing prey, avoiding being eaten and for spatial orientation. It is well known for its ability to use stereopsis for estimating the distance of objects.
Ronny Rösner, Uwe Homberg
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The Cercal Sensilla of the Praying Mantis Hierodula patellifera and Statilia maculata: A New Partition Based on the Cerci Ultrastructure [PDF]
InsectsCerci function as crucial sensory organs in insects, featuring a diverse array of sensilla on their surface, analogous to those found on antennae. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), we characterized the ultrastructure and distribution of cercal ...
Yang Wang +3 more
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Data for praying mantis mitochondrial genomes and phylogenetic constructions within Mantodea [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2018 In this data article, we provide five datasets of mantis mitochondrial genomes: (1) PCG123: nucleotide sequences of 13 protein-coding genes including all codon positions; (2) PCG123R: nucleotide sequences of two rRNAs and 13 protein-coding genes ...
Le-Ping Zhang +4 more
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Revealing parthenogenetic reproduction in a praying mantis inhabiting South American grasslands [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMantids are charismatic insects due to their appearance and behaviors, but knowledge about them, in particular at the Neotropics, is scarce. Brunneria subaptera (Coptopterygidae) is the most abundant praying mantis species in Uruguay, inhabiting one of ...
Mariana C. Trillo +2 more
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A Schema Based Model of the Praying Mantis
, 2006 We present a schema-based agent architecture which is inspired by an ethological model of the praying mantis. It includes an inner state, perceptual and motor schemas, several routines, a fovea and a motor. We describe the design and implementation of the architecture and we use it for comparing two models: the former uses reactive, stimulus-response ...
Pezzulo G, Calvi G
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When the Cover Burns: Behavioral and Morphological Responses of Western Fence Lizards (<i>Sceloporus occidentalis</i>) to Increased Openness in Post-Fire Environments. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe found that Western Fence Lizards experience higher detectability in burned areas but do not consistently darken or adjust perch use to enhance background matching, despite showing improved camouflage on darker substrates. These results suggest that lizards may face behavioral trade‐offs in post‐fire landscapes that could influence success.
Gutierrez EE, Putman BJ.
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The multiple possibilities of interpretation in products of bilingual writing: André Brink’s Praying Mantis and Bidsprinkaan as a total text [PDF]
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2014 This paper explores the concept of ‘bilingual writing’ by examining two products of André Brink’s bilingual writing process, namely Praying Mantis (2005) and Bidsprinkaan (2005).
de Roubaix, Lelanie
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Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2023 The praying mantis Ameles spallanzania (Rossi, 1792) is reported for the first time from Bulgaria, as well as for the Black Sea Region. New data on the current distribution in Bulgaria of an alien mantis species, Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869, is
Yordan Vasilev +3 more
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First record of non-carnivore feeding behavior in a wild praying mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae)
Entomological Communications, 2021 Praying mantises are recognized as carnivorous, exclusively feeding on live prey. Field observations during a praying mantis survey in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, revealed an adult male of Stagmatoptera precaria (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
Leonardo M. Lanna +4 more
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A new species of the genus Arria Stål, 1877 (Mantodea, Haaniidae) from China with notes on the tribe Arriini Giglio-Tos, 1919 [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new species of the praying mantis genus Arria Stål, Arria pura sp. nov. from southwest China is described and illustrated. An overview, comparison, and distribution data of this tribe are given.
Ying-jian Wang +3 more
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