The Praying mantids

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.