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D. lobata females and their will to protect their young.
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<blockquote data-quote="Rick" data-source="post: 272870" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Nobody was trying to ruin the story. Also, I don't believe anybody was implying feelings of love for the offspring. In most cases parental care is beneficial since it may improve the survival of offspring. Females in particular often invest heavily in offspring so parental care has evolved as a way to ensure offspring survival.</p><p></p><p>I've searched the literature a bit for parental care in mantids but I have never found anything. I never said it did not occur with this insect order but that I had never seen any scientific literature on the topic. The material you posted seems to indicate there has been some work done on this topic. I have the Prete book so I think I'l take a look and see if I can find that paper. If nobody has tested the parental care hypothesis in Deroplaty's then there is an opportunity there.</p><p></p><p>I am always skeptical when somebody claims something like this based on an observation of a captive animal for the reasons I stated in my first reply. I've seen many claims of ooth guarding in mantids on this board over the years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick, post: 272870, member: 13"] Nobody was trying to ruin the story. Also, I don't believe anybody was implying feelings of love for the offspring. In most cases parental care is beneficial since it may improve the survival of offspring. Females in particular often invest heavily in offspring so parental care has evolved as a way to ensure offspring survival. I've searched the literature a bit for parental care in mantids but I have never found anything. I never said it did not occur with this insect order but that I had never seen any scientific literature on the topic. The material you posted seems to indicate there has been some work done on this topic. I have the Prete book so I think I'l take a look and see if I can find that paper. If nobody has tested the parental care hypothesis in Deroplaty's then there is an opportunity there. I am always skeptical when somebody claims something like this based on an observation of a captive animal for the reasons I stated in my first reply. I've seen many claims of ooth guarding in mantids on this board over the years. [/QUOTE]
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D. lobata females and their will to protect their young.
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