The Praying Mantids
Published on 24. November 1999
Book
Hardback
560 pages
978-0-8018-6174-1 (ISBN)
Description
Praying mantids (or mantis) have fascinated for thousands of years. This work represents the current state of knowledge on the praying mantid, bringing together all that is known about their ecology, taxonomy, reproduction, sensory systems, motor behaviour and defence strategies. The text is illustrated and a final section of the book covers information on rearing and breeding techniques.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
113 line drawings, 22 halftones, 33 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-6174-1 (9780801861741)
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Persons
Frederick R. Prete is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at DePaul University. Harrington Wells is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at University of Tulsa. Patrick H. Wells is a professor of biology, emeritus, in the Department of Biology at Occidental College. Lawrence E. Hurd is a professor and the chair in the Department of Biology at Washington and Lee University.
Content
Ancient, medieval and early modern writings about mantids - shaping contemporary questions; taxonomy; population and community ecology; the ecology and foraging strategy of Tenodera angustipennis; mating behaviour; hearing; binocular vision and distance estimation; visual perception and prey recognition; flight and wing kinematics; prey capture behaviour; the hierarchical organization of mantid behaviour; ontogeny of defensive behaviour; ethology of defensive behaviour; rearing techniques, developmental time and life span data for lab-reared Sphodromantis lineola; rearing mantids for display and education; comparative aspects of breeding mantids; mantids in ecological research; histological techniques for mantid research.