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	AllRefer.com - mantid (Zoology: Invertebrates) - Encyclopedia
		Mantids are sometimes used by gardeners, in place of chemical pesticides, to combat insect pests.
		Mantids are found in all warm regions of the world, and are especially numerous in the tropics.
		Mantids are classified in the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Mantodea, family Mantidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/mantid.html (417 words)

	Praying Mantids
		Praying mantids are part of a larger family of invertebrate animals called insects.
		Most mantids are well camouflaged by their colors and patterns.
		The dung mantid blends in well when it is hunting the tiny flies found on and near elephant dung.
	www.globio.org /glossopedia/prayingmantid (737 words)

	Montodea and the Correspondance Problem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Mantids rely primarily upon their visual system to locate prey, navigate in the environment, and procreate.
		The mantid's size, cooperative behavior, eye morphology, and dependence upon it's vision to function are all reason why researchers have selected mantids as a model for insect compound eye studies.
		Mantid eyes are immovable, the insect employs methods such as stereoscopic depth perception and motion parallax to determine the same visual attributes as vertebrate.
	instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /courses/bionb424/students/gjs23 (580 words)

	Mantid, stealthy and deadly ex-monk - Wizards Community
		The mantids are students of a school of thought that emulates the attack and hunting techniques of the mantis.
		Mantids are more accustomed to fighting than other monks, however their deviance from the rigid fitness of most monk teachings makes them more likely to strike quickly, making each second count.
		The mantid may now add this damage to any attack against an opponent who is denied their dexterity bonus to AC for any reason, or whom the mantid is flanking.
	boards1.wizards.com /showthread.php?t=179873 (3494 words)

	Praying Mantids of Kentucky - University of Kentucky Entomology
		Mantids are usually a combination of gray, green, or brown, depending on the species.
		However, the Chinese mantid and the European mantid are sometimes considered pests because they are invasive insects, and sometimes feed on native insects, including native praying mantids.
		This mantid was introduced to the U.S. from China in the late 1800's as a potential beneficial insect.
	www.uky.edu /Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/mantids/mantids.htm (931 words)

	Praying Mantid Information
		Praying mantids are highly predacious and feed on a variety of insects, including moths, crickets, grasshoppers and flies.
		Mantid's grasping response is incredibly rapid, so that you see it before it catches the insect and when the insect is in its front legs.
		Mantids are active predators and consume other insects.
	insected.arizona.edu /mantidinfo.htm (544 words)

	Praying Mantid Rearing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Mantids can handle insects bigger than themselves, but feeding a 1/2" mantid a 2" long grasshopper is generally not a good idea.
		Mantids will eat insects dangled from tweezers, but be prepared for the mantids fast response and the resulting grip on the tweezers.
		Mantids eat often and finding food for lots of immature mantids may get to be exhausting if you do not have a culture of fruit flies available.
	insected.arizona.edu /mantidrear.htm (421 words)

	Urban IPM: Insects: Praying Mantids
		Mantids grab their prey with special raptorial front legs that can be shot out rapidly to grasp another insect.
		Mantids wait in ambush, counting on their concealment, excellent vision and rapid reflexes to make them a living.
		Mantid eggs are deposited in characteristic oothecae, masses of eggs covered with hardened foam.
	ag.arizona.edu /urbanipm/insects/prayingmantids.html (480 words)

	Preying Mantids: Hiding in Plain Sight - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Other mantids increase their chances of catching a meal by perching on or near a flower head where insects are likely to visit.
		They exposed mantids to a barrage of sounds of differing frequencies, and found that they are most sensitive to the ultrasonic range, between 25 and 60 kilohertz--the same high frequency of chirps produced by bats to locate prey.
		Since the mantid ear is not designed to determine the direction of the ultrasound, the success of its escape is based solely on the unpredictability of its dive.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Publications/ZooGoer/1997/5/preymingmantids.cfm (3314 words)

	Mantids of Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Native mantids are common in the eastern plains and southern areas of the state.
		Mantids are some of the most distinctive and well-recognized of all the insect groups.
		The California mantid predominates west of the Continental Divide; the Carolina mantid to the east.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /pubs/insect/05510.html (907 words)

	Mantodea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mantids are masters of camouflage and make use of protective coloration to blend in with the foliage, both to avoid predators themselves, and to better snare their victims.
		Their diet and coloration frequently change as the mantid grows; mantids are among the hemimetabolic insects - those whose immature stages are similar to the adults, primarily differing in the lack of wings and functional reproductive organs.
		Mantids are highly visual creatures, and notice any disturbance occurring in the laboratory or field such as bright lights or moving scientists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mantodea (1050 words)

	Mantids - Davis Wiki
		Mantids (Mantodea) comprise an entire taxonomic order, which encompasses all those various insects commonly referred to as "Praying Mantis." There is within Mantodea, the genus Mantis, within which the true Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) belongs — only some praying mantids belong to the genus Mantis.
		Mantids almost always eat their impaled prey live, starting at the "neck," and their strong mouthparts can tear apart hard exoskeleton of prey including flies, bees, wasps, butterflies and caterpillars.
		Mantids found in North America are typically winged and green, brown, or yellow with a long slender body, large compound eyes and triangular head.
	daviswiki.org /Mantids (647 words)

	Praying Mantis - DesertUSA
		Praying mantids get their name from the appearance of their front legs, which they hold in a "prayerlike" manner.
		Praying mantids are large insects, from one to three inches long, with a distinctive appearance.
		Mantids grab their prey with the raptorial front legs which can quickly shoot out and grasp a victim.
	www.desertusa.com /mag00/dec/papr/mantis.html (439 words)

	PRAYING MANTID
		Mantids stay in your garden and wait for an insect to walk by.
		Mantids often hold their front legs in a praying position, thus the name - praying mantid.
		The exact number and size of the bugs a mantid needs to eat will depend upon the size of the mantid and how hungry it is. Young mantids eat small fruit flies, pinhead crickets, and other very small insects such as aphids.
	www.eduwebs.org /bugs/praying_mantid.htm (322 words)

	Royal Alberta Museum: Collections and Research: Invertebrate Zoology: Fact Sheets
		In Canada mantids are often used in gardens as a means of biological pest control.
		Wherever there are native mantids, both in Canada and the U.S., it is legal to keep those species in captivity.
		As the mantid grows, it will be necessary to move it to successively larger cages to ensure that it has enough room to moult.
	www.royalalbertamuseum.ca /natural/insects/projects/mantid.htm (768 words)

	Mantid on NRDC Online (Mantodea) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Mantids only undergo a partial metamorphosis from the nymph to adult stage.
		The mantid waits motionless for prey and strikes with lightning speed (1/20 of a second or faster), impaling the prey on its front legs.
		Mantids are highly predacious and consume whatever they can catch, including small birds, lizards, frogs and mice.
	www.mixitproductions.com /prjmisc/creatures2/mantprin.html (288 words)

	Insecta Inspecta World - Praying Mantis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The praying mantids, or praying mantises, are carnivorous insects that belong to the family.
		The mantid bites the neck of its prey to paralyze it and begins to devour it.
		Many species of mantids resemble ants when they are small, but as they go through a series of molts, they begin to look more like adult mantids.
	www.insecta-inspecta.com /mantids/praying/index.html (759 words)

	Chinese Mantid
		Chinese mantids require daily spraying with a fine mist, as well as moistening the substrate weekly for humidity, or as it begins to dry.
		Generally speaking, most species of mantid are fairly sedentary, preferring to hang under a branch or on a stick most of the day until they are disturbed or see a prey item.
		Chinese mantids rarely employ this tactic, as their large size seems to be enough of a defense against most predators.
	www.wildeyereptiles.com /catalog/sinensis.htm (960 words)

	Praying Mantids (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.wisc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Mantids are very efficient and deadly predators that capture and eat a wide variety of insects and other small prey.
		Mantids are relatively easy to raise in captivity from an egg case (ootheca) collected in the fall.
		Keep in mind that mantid egg cases collected in the fall and kept indoors will hatch during the winter months whether you are prepared for them or not.
	www.uky.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef418.htm (968 words)

	Backyard Beasts - October, 2005: Carolina Mantid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Mantids are voracious predators, helping to keep caterpillars and other insect pests that eat garden plants under control.
		With lightning-quick reactions, mantids are capable of snatching even flying insects using their strong modified front legs.
		Besides their usual prey, mantids have also been known to catch hummingbirds, a tribute to the strength and determination of these 2.5 inch long insects.
	home.att.net /~larvalbugbio/beast/archbeast10-05.html (270 words)

	Praying Mantid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Praying mantids slowly stalk their prey or sit and wait.
		The carolina mantid is a common species that is widely distributed.
		The name is spelled either "pray" to refer to the position of the front legs or "prey" to refer to feeding on other insects.
	insects.tamu.edu /extension/youth/bug/bug015.html (118 words)

	Growing Ideas: Insects and Plants: Praying Mantid Antics
		Wanting to closely observe the creatures in the classroom, they had obtained mantid eggs from a science supplier during the winter when spring still seemed a remote possibility.
		The chambers also enabled students to routinely observe mantid antics and feeding behaviors, compare different individuals, watch them shed skin as they matured, distinguish the sexes (females have swollen egg-filled abdomens), then draw and write about their discoveries.
		Be sure to release the young mantids immediately into your garden or schoolyard, so they won't eat one another...
	www.kidsgardening.com /growingideas/Sept_01/9mantid.htm (651 words)

	Mantis
		Although the young mantids obtain most of the fluids they need from their food, misting or wet sponge fragments are necessary to provide a source of drinking water for the mantids.
		Feeding may be induced by dipping the mantid's mandibles in aqueous nutrient medium such as mealworm entrails.
		The globule is then placed in contact with a mantid's mandibles at which time the mantid will begin to taste and feed on the nutrient pulp.
	www.angelfire.com /realm2/mantis0 (755 words)

	Praying Mantids--Entomology Leaflet 43
		They are rather slow-moving insects that are easily recognized by their unusually long prothorax (sometimes nearly as long as the remainder of the body) and their stout front legs, which are armed with strong spines and fitted for grasping prey.
		All species of mantids are highly predacious, and feed on any insects or other small animals that happen within their reach--usually flies, bees, or moths, but also other mantids.
		The eggs are laid in the fall of the year in large masses (75 too 200 eggs), like a stack of wafers, attached to twigs of shrubs, weed stalks, fences, or buildings, and covered with a tough, gray or brown mucus.
	www.uvm.edu /extension/publications/el/el43.htm (812 words)

	Indian Giant Mantid
		A large habitat is essential for the Indian mantid, a good guide for enclosure space is 3x the adult length and height of the mantid.
		Indian mantids require daily spraying with a fine mist, as well as moistening the substrate weekly for humidity, or as it begins to dry.
		When disturbed or provoked, the mantid can often rear up on the hind legs, open the underside of the wings and expose the brightly colored inside of the claws.
	www.wildeyereptiles.com /catalog/grandis.htm (1035 words)

	Bugs in Cyberspace - Mantidae - Mantid - Mantis- Care
		Here are some rare photos capturing that brief moment of birth, as the baby mantises slide out of their individual cylindrical cells within the egg-cases.
		There are only a few critical factors for successfully raising young mantids, and disregarding even one of these for just a few days could result in death.
		Ideally, you will use one with a height which is 3X the length of a mantid, and a width that is 1X the mantid's length.
	www.bugsincyberspace.com /mantid_care.html (1373 words)

	Mantid love: X-rated for graphic violence
		European mantids grow up to 2.5 inches long and sport a green stripe along the edge of the wing and a dark-ringed "eyespot" near the base of the forearm.
		In reality, a mantid raises its arms in anticipation of its next meal, which could be nearly any insect of adequate size to assuage her appetite --including another mantid.
		Usually she selects a location 1 to 4 feet off the ground and constructs a case that resembles tan foam with the texture of a roasted marshmallow.
	www.northfortynews.com /Archive/A200308gardening_Raham_mantidLove.htm (517 words)

	Praying mantis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A praying mantis, or praying mantid, is the common name for an insect of the order Mantodea.
		To capture their prey, mantids use their camouflage to blend in with the surroundings and wait for the prey to be within striking distance.
		While commonly thought to be a crime, it is not illegal to capture or kill mantids.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mantid (1754 words)

	Moss Mantid
		At present, this Ecuadorian Moss Mantid is the only Mantodia record in the Entophiles database.
		This Ecuadorian Mos Mantid comes adorned with so many stealth adaptations that you will have to look three or four times before you have a change of recognizing it's outline.
		These mantids utilize coloration, structural adaptations and behavioral modeling to deceive it's victims of the approaching danger.
	www.insects.org /entophiles/mantodea/mant_001.html (122 words)

	Praying Mantid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Egg masses of common Texas species such as the Carolina mantid are rectangular in shape, usually about 1 inch long and 3/8 inches wide and tall with rounded sides.
		An egg mass contains dozens of eggs that are encased in a frothy material produced by the female that hardens into a foam-like material which is tan or occasionally white on top with darker sides.
		In the fall, female mantids oviposit eggs on twigs, vines and other sites such as under eves of homes.
	hortipm.tamu.edu /pestprofiles/beneficial/pmantid/pmantid.html (114 words)

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