First record of non-carnivore feeding behavior in a wild praying mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae) - (2021)
Acessos: 4
Leonardo M. Lanna, João Felipe H. Rocha, Sávio Cavalcante, Derek Godoy, Maria Lucia F. Teixeira
Volume: 3 - Issue: 0
Abstract.
Praying mantises are recognized as carnivorous, exclusively feeding on live prey. Field observations during a praying mantis survey in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, revealed an adult male of Stagmatoptera precaria (Linnaeus, 1758) feeding on latex exudes of a papaya tree (Carica papaya L). This anecdote is the first record of non-carnivorous feeding behavior in wild praying mantises.
Keywords: dictyoptera, natural history, neotropical, mantises, stagmatoptera
Language(s): English
Language(s): 2024-04-28 12:23:41
https://www.entomologicalcommunications.org/index.php/entcom/article/view/114
