Female praying ... eating their mates, but what is the evolutionary advantage to this practice? This series of images is taken from film shot for Evolution: "Why Sex?" It depicts two mantids ...

Mantis shrimp are truly spectacular predators of the marine world. Like a praying mantis ... can cause some males to abandon their smaller mate and "trade up" for the larger female.

If it creeps, crawls or grosses you out, chances are Kathy Sorensen — aka Wyoming's critter lady — loves it. She's a ...

These insects reach maturity in a single season and lay pods with tens or hundreds of eggs after mating ... in time, praying ...

These critters get their name from their kaleidoscope shell—like a peacock’s tail—and their hinged forearms which resemble that of a praying ... re ready to mate, mantis shrimp leave the ...

A praying mantis is a fascinating ... What can make a hummingbird feeder mantis attack more disturbing is that the insects ...

When nymphs hatch from their egg sac, if they do not find other insects to eat within a week, they will consume one another. Praying mantis mating habits are sometimes unusual. In certain species ...

Even though it happens every fall, I’m always pleasantly surprised to find a praying mantis egg case ... than once thought because they will eat any and all kinds of insects including beneficial ...

Some insect populations have evolved to mimic another species' look or behavior, which allows them to get close enough to an unsuspecting bug to attack and eat ... The praying mantis that has ...

The Praying Mantis system consists of a cart with two mounted alignment mirrors, 10mm diameter diffuse reflectance sampling cup (0.25ml volume), 3mm diameter adjustable microsampling cup (0.03ml ...

I write about the world of biology. At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming crustacean that spends its days scuttling along the seafloor. But don’t let their small size fool you into ...