Predatory Behavior of Praying Mantids (Mantidae:Mantodea) from Sindh, Pakistan
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Predatory, Behavior, Three Species of Praying Mantids, Mantodea, Sindh.Abstract
Diverse activities (predators, scavengers, etc) for acquiring food is called feeding behavior. The aforesaid food or the prey is obtain diversely by different predators with the help of special capabilities (like lion, leopard, hyena, etc) but in praying mantids it is much unique. Praying mantids (Mantodea) is a class of generally large and egregious predatory insects with versatile, unique and special capabilities. They feed upon a diverse form of animals, ranging from mosquitoes to grasshoppers, reptiles and tiny vertebrates. Observing the feeding behaviour of praying mantids under natural conditions is difficult due to their speed, camouflage, low lying in vegetation etc. That’s why this study was under taken to see feeding behavior of three diverse occurring species in Laboratory conditions. The feeding behaviour of preying mantids commonly comprises upon three stages; the search of prey, locating the prey and continuous visual focus, slow movement towards the prey of or waiting for prey to come closer and finally stream fast attack on the prey with their pair of raptorial legs. All this known from their oothecae (egg case) rearing in aerated cadges to hatching. From first nymphal instar to adult; the feeding behaviour of Tenodera attenuata, Sphrodomantis transcausica and Mantis religiosa was documented.
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