AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE PRAYING MANTIS (MANTIS RELIGIOSA L.)

1935 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. D. ROEDER
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Mantis Religiosa

The European Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa L.) as a Predator of the Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer))

1966 ◽  
Vol 98 (9) ◽  
pp. 913-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Mook ◽  
D. M. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Functional Response ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Radioactive Phosphorus ◽  
Mantis Religiosa ◽  
Melanoplus Femurrubrum

AbstractRadioactive phosphorus was used as a tracer in assessing the number of red-legged grasshoppers (Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer)) eaten by the European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa L.) under seminatural conditions. The predator showed a functional response to changing prey densities with a continuously decreasing increase in the number of prey removed from the population.

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