The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea)
Observations in unmanipulated, semi-natural conditions were made of a single individual of the praying mantid Hierodula tenuidentata, while hunting and capturing an unusual prey for this kind of insect, guppy fish, Poecilia reticulata. This repetitive fishing behavior, recorded daily, is reported he...
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| author | Roberto Battiston Rajesh Puttaswamaiah Nayak Manjunath |
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| description | Observations in unmanipulated, semi-natural conditions were made of a single individual of the praying mantid Hierodula tenuidentata, while hunting and capturing an unusual prey for this kind of insect, guppy fish, Poecilia reticulata. This repetitive fishing behavior, recorded daily, is reported here for the first time and discussed in relation to the adaptive behavioral plasticity of praying mantids. We speculate regarding learning from experience as a hunting strategy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b136ad8650e44ffba94fc35164a7a9192022-12-21T23:13:40ZengPensoft PublishersJournal of Orthoptera Research1082-64671937-24262018-09-0127215515810.3897/jor.27.2806728067The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea)Roberto Battiston0Rajesh Puttaswamaiah1Nayak Manjunath2Musei del Canal di BrentaBat Conservation India TrustEnvironmental ConservationistObservations in unmanipulated, semi-natural conditions were made of a single individual of the praying mantid Hierodula tenuidentata, while hunting and capturing an unusual prey for this kind of insect, guppy fish, Poecilia reticulata. This repetitive fishing behavior, recorded daily, is reported here for the first time and discussed in relation to the adaptive behavioral plasticity of praying mantids. We speculate regarding learning from experience as a hunting strategy.https://jor.pensoft.net/article/28067/ |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Battiston Rajesh Puttaswamaiah Nayak Manjunath The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) Journal of Orthoptera Research |
| title | The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) |
| title_full | The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) |
| title_fullStr | The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) |
| title_short | The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) |
| title_sort | fishing mantid predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids insecta mantodea |
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