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Hunting the Hunter: Insights into Natural Enemies of Praying Mantids

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This is the first attempt to make an outline of the threats faced by praying mantids in the nature by categorizing their enemies into six groups namely parasites, arachnid predators, other invertebrates, vertebrates, microbial pathogens and cannibalism by including the observations from the field and the data from earlier works to show the survival tactics by the mantids and the fascinating adaptations of their enemies. It also documents an interesting commensalistic relationship associated with mantids.

Source: Records of the Zoological Survey of India

DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1s/2024/172750

Authors: A. P. Kamila, P. M. Sureshan

Institution: Zoological Survey of India

Language: English

Topic: Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4411005831

FWCI: 0.958

Cites: 17

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10