... in prey distance results in mantises modulating their attempt to successfully capture prey. The goals of this study were to examine these relationships using the praying mantis system. Using 11 adult female Sphodromantis lineola , we recorded 192 prey capture attempts at 1000 Hz with two cameras...

... a multilevel experimental approach to assess whether circadian rhythms modulate several aspects of the visual physiology and behavior of the praying mantis Hierodula patellifera . We used electroretinograms (ERGs) to assess compound eye sensitivity, colorimetric photographic analyses to assess compound eye...

...Frederick R. Prete; Robert Theis; Salina Dominguez; Wil Bogue SUMMARY We tested three species of praying mantis, Parasphendale affinis , Popa spurca and Sphodromantis lineola , with computer-generated stimuli that differed in size, contrast, configuration and movement pattern to determine...

...Michael Poteser; Maria Anna Pabst; Karl Kral ABSTRACT The behavioural experiments described here examined, in the praying mantis Tenodera sinensis , the manner in which the proprioceptive cervical hair plate sensilla are involved in the measurement of the distance to a jump target with the aid...

...Michael Poteser; Karl Kral ABSTRACT When larvae of the praying mantis Polyspilota sp. and Tenodera sinensis want to leave an exposed position and can choose to move between stationary objects at different distances, they usually choose the nearest. Their ability to select the nearest object...

... 1990 © 1990 by Company of Biologists 1990 praying mantis ultrasonic hearing escape behavior echolocation Ultrasonic hearing is known to occur in species in five insect orders: Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Dictyoptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera ( Michelsen and Larsen, 1985 ; Yager...

... resemble defensive displays on the ground, and we suggest that this mantis has responded to predation pressure from bats with both flight-derived maneuvers and an aerial deimatic display. 23 5 1990 © 1990 by Company of Biologists 1990 praying mantis ultrasonic hearing escape behavior...

...B. J. Corrette ABSTRACT Coordination of the complete capture sequence of the praying mantis has been studied in detail using several specially developed photographic techniques. The mantis was able to attack prey throughout a large three-dimensional capture zone by changing body orientation...

...Wolfgang Kirmse ABSTRACT Smooth-tracking in the praying mantis was regarded by Rossel (1980 , p. 325) as being driven by a velocity input signal in the same way that the optokinetic reaction is governed by the retinal image velocity of the surroundings. However, the following results indicate...