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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: 272828" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Consider me a skeptic. I am not saying it isn't possible or isn't happening here, but I have not seen any studies that have focused on parental care in mantids. I don't think a large mantis such as Deroplatys would even attempt to eat their young as the newly hatched mantids are just simply too small to show any interest in. We tend to anthropomorphize our pets and I think the most simple explanation for what some consider parental care is that the mantis is confined to a small cage with the ooth, and therefore it seems the mantis is guarding the ooth when in reality it just doesn't have the space to move far away from it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick, post: 272828, member: 13"] Consider me a skeptic. I am not saying it isn't possible or isn't happening here, but I have not seen any studies that have focused on parental care in mantids. I don't think a large mantis such as Deroplatys would even attempt to eat their young as the newly hatched mantids are just simply too small to show any interest in. We tend to anthropomorphize our pets and I think the most simple explanation for what some consider parental care is that the mantis is confined to a small cage with the ooth, and therefore it seems the mantis is guarding the ooth when in reality it just doesn't have the space to move far away from it. [/QUOTE]
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D. lobata females and their will to protect their young.
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