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First record of non-carnivore feeding behavior in a wild praying mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae)

  • Lanna L
  • Rocha J
  • Cavalcante S
  • et al.
Entomological Communications (2021) 3 ec03003
DOI: 10.37486/2675-1305.ec03003
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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.

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Lanna, L. M., Rocha, J. F. H., Cavalcante, S., Godoy, D., & Teixeira, M. L. F. (2021). First record of non-carnivore feeding behavior in a wild praying mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae). Entomological Communications, 3, ec03003. https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec03003

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