Female praying mantids are known for eating their mates, but what is the evolutionary ... Sexual cannibalism isn't a must for the mantis to reproduce. Its advantage for the female may be a handy ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Lohit Garikipati discovered a new species in the praying mantis family. He first spotted the bug a few years ago in Arizona, but it didn't molt into an adult. "Then, years later, a friend of mine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...