Drielly
New member
Hi everyone! I'm Drielly, an entomologist studying diverse aspects of mantis biology. It's amazing to have such a nice community of people who also love those little fellows!
I'm joining the community because I believe you all could help me gather more knowledge about the diversity of mantis behaviors, colors, development, and a wide array of other topics regarding them.
I started as I pet owner and whenever I tried to search more about them in the scientific literature, more surprised I was to discover that so little is known about them. That's why during my Ph.D. I focused my thesis on their life history and color plasticity, and even after five years and trying to focus on one species it was not enough to have a full picture.
During that time, my main source of information about them where the other pet owners, and that's how I realized that reaching out to you guys is the most efficient way to understand a bit of their diversity before focusing on another research topic.
I'm now starting a study about their vision and how damage and impairments affect their behavior, and capacity to get pray and survive. I'm also investigating the causes of those damages, especially the Eye Rub.
I have been asking people who had their mantis developing this black spot, which species they have seen the most, in which phase (nymph x pre-adult x adult ) and sex (F x M) they have seen it, and species.
At this point, I'm looking for mantis who had developed this damage in the eye to test how it affected their vision and if some kinds of treatments could help heal or prevent it from happening.
So, if you have seen that in any of your mantis, could tell me your experience with it?
Also, if you're a breeder and have any with the Eye Rub, I would like to buy them! I'm also looking for egg cases from the same species the mantis I'm finding with the eye rub, so I can compare how a healthy one behaves compared to one that has their eye damaged.
Additionally, I'm working on creating a database for people to contribute with their knowledge about the species they have experience with. If you would like to help, you can send me your e-mail to [email protected] and once the surveys are ready I can send you the link to fill in with whatever you know about them!
If you have any questions or would like to chat more about it, let me know!
Thanks everyone!
I'm joining the community because I believe you all could help me gather more knowledge about the diversity of mantis behaviors, colors, development, and a wide array of other topics regarding them.
I started as I pet owner and whenever I tried to search more about them in the scientific literature, more surprised I was to discover that so little is known about them. That's why during my Ph.D. I focused my thesis on their life history and color plasticity, and even after five years and trying to focus on one species it was not enough to have a full picture.
During that time, my main source of information about them where the other pet owners, and that's how I realized that reaching out to you guys is the most efficient way to understand a bit of their diversity before focusing on another research topic.
I'm now starting a study about their vision and how damage and impairments affect their behavior, and capacity to get pray and survive. I'm also investigating the causes of those damages, especially the Eye Rub.
I have been asking people who had their mantis developing this black spot, which species they have seen the most, in which phase (nymph x pre-adult x adult ) and sex (F x M) they have seen it, and species.
At this point, I'm looking for mantis who had developed this damage in the eye to test how it affected their vision and if some kinds of treatments could help heal or prevent it from happening.
So, if you have seen that in any of your mantis, could tell me your experience with it?
Also, if you're a breeder and have any with the Eye Rub, I would like to buy them! I'm also looking for egg cases from the same species the mantis I'm finding with the eye rub, so I can compare how a healthy one behaves compared to one that has their eye damaged.
Additionally, I'm working on creating a database for people to contribute with their knowledge about the species they have experience with. If you would like to help, you can send me your e-mail to [email protected] and once the surveys are ready I can send you the link to fill in with whatever you know about them!
If you have any questions or would like to chat more about it, let me know!
Thanks everyone!
