Predatory behavior of the praying mantis,Tenodera aridifolia I. Effect of prey size on prey recognition

1990 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taku Iwasaki
Keyword(s):  
Prey Size ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Prey Recognition

scholarly journals Predatory behavior changes with satiety or increased insulin levels in the praying mantis (Tenodera sinensis)

2019 ◽  
Vol 222 (11) ◽  
pp. jeb197673 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Bertsch ◽  
Joshua P. Martin ◽  
Gavin J. Svenson ◽  
Roy E. Ritzmann
Keyword(s):  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Insulin Levels ◽  
Tenodera Sinensis

scholarly journals Response to “An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydney K. Brannoch ◽  
Gavin J. Svenson
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Character Evolution ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Predatory Behaviour ◽  
Extinct Species

Hörnig, Haug, & Haug (2017) published a description of a new specimen of Santanmantis axelrodi MB.I.2068, an extinct species of praying mantis from the Crato Formation of Brazil. According to Hörnig et al. (2017) the discovery of this new specimen brought with it implications for praying mantis character evolution and predatory behavior and it is with these lines of reasoning that we find fault. More specifically, we point to four flawed assumptions in their study that led to their unsubstantiated conclusion that S. axelrodi employed their mesothoracic legs in prey capture.

scholarly journals Response to “An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydney K. Brannoch ◽  
Gavin J. Svenson
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Character Evolution ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Predatory Behaviour ◽  
Extinct Species

Hörnig, Haug, & Haug (2017) published a description of a new specimen of Santanmantis axelrodi MB.I.2068, an extinct species of praying mantis from the Crato Formation of Brazil. According to Hörnig et al. (2017) the discovery of this new specimen brought with it implications for praying mantis character evolution and predatory behavior and it is with these lines of reasoning that we find fault. More specifically, we point to four flawed assumptions in their study that led to their unsubstantiated conclusion that S. axelrodi employed their mesothoracic legs in prey capture.

The changes in the predatory behavior of the microturbellarian Stenostomum sphagnetorum on two species of toxin-secreting ciliates of the genus Spirostomum

Biologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Buonanno
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Defense ◽  
Asexual Reproduction ◽  
Prey Selection ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Learned Behavior ◽  
Prey Recognition ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Spirostomum Ambiguum

AbstractIt is known that the microturbellarian Stenostomum sphagnetorum, a common ciliate predator, is very sensitive against different types of toxins produced by other ciliates for chemical defense, and consequently, it is not able to capture and ingests these ciliates. In particular, when the predator tries to attack one of these toxin-secreting ciliates, it is forced to regurgitate the captured prey in response to the toxin discharged from the ciliates. In this study it is shown that after repeated attacks by S. sphagnetorum against two species of toxic ciliates (Spirostomum ambiguum and Spirostomum teres), the predator acquires a behavior of prey selection that leads to the exclusion of these ciliates among the possible prey and to the distinction between edible and inedible (toxic) ciliates. This learned behavior, which is maintained for days, is lost only after the asexual reproduction of the microturbellarian. In addition, S. sphagnetorum learns to recognize and avoid specimens of S. ambiguum and S. teres artificially deprived of their toxins, strongly suggesting that the toxins are not exclusively associated in the prey recognition of the microturbellarian.

Patterns of drilling predation on gastropods of the family Turritellidae in the Gulf of California

Paleobiology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra S. Tull ◽  
Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Prey Size ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Evolutionary Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
Marine Snails ◽  
The Family ◽  
Storm Deposits ◽  
Behavioral Inference

Predatory marine snails and their prey provide a unique look at many aspects of predation events, allowing behavioral inference and studies of coevolution. This study examines differential predation patterns, rates, and success of two co-occurring gastropod predator families which drill two co-occurring species of Turritella (Turritellidae: Gastropoda) in the Gulf of California. Both naticid and muricid predators, identified by the shapes of their respective boreholes, attacked the thinner-shelled Turritella leucostoma more frequently than the thicker-shelled Turritella gonostoma. Both species were drilled more frequently and more successfully by naticid, as compared to muricid, predators. Naticids drilled prey in the 40- to 70-mm size class most frequently. Prey over 100 mm in length were relatively safe from all drilling predators. Predator size (estimated by borehole diameter) in naticids was correlated with prey size in both species, but for a given-sized prey, predators on T. gonostoma were proportionally larger. There was no size correlation for muricid predators. Unsuccessful attempts (incomplete drilling) were started on the suture more often than were completed holes, for both predator families on both prey species. Naticids began drilling T. leucostoma on the suture significantly less than expected by chance. We looked for possible changes over evolutionary time by analyzing prey shells from Pleistocene and Recent storm deposits. We found no evidence of change in any aspect of implied predatory behavior over the past 100 k.y.

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