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Aquatic insects eat the worms' offspring and are then consumed by other mantids, and the cycle repeats.
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Darren Incorvaia, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
For example, there are fish, moths, mantids and grasshoppers with hidden warning color patterns that place them in the middle of the conspicuous-camouflage spectrum.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
The mass production of baby mantids led to (by accident) my first biocontrol program: by setting the tiny nymphs free on my mum’s fuschias, an infestation of whitefly was combated.
—Nicole Miller-Coleman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 July 2017
Darren Incorvaia, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
For example, there are fish, moths, mantids and grasshoppers with hidden warning color patterns that place them in the middle of the conspicuous-camouflage spectrum.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
The mass production of baby mantids led to (by accident) my first biocontrol program: by setting the tiny nymphs free on my mum’s fuschias, an infestation of whitefly was combated.
—Nicole Miller-Coleman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 July 2017
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“Mantid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mantid. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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