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The European Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa L.) as a Predator of the Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer))

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. J. Mook  and
D. M. Davies
L. J. Mook
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
D. M. Davies
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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Abstract

Radioactive phosphorus was used as a tracer in assessing the number of red-legged grasshoppers (Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer)) eaten by the European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa L.) under seminatural conditions. The predator showed a functional response to changing prey densities with a continuously decreasing increase in the number of prey removed from the population.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 98 , Issue 9 , September 1966 , pp. 913 - 918
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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