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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MantidLord" data-source="post: 283826" data-attributes="member: 1732">Hi Andrew,Unfortunately there isn't a real branch focusing on mantids. For those few of us working on mantids, the studies vary from looking at their eye sight and more physiological questions to genetic/phylogenies (e.g. Gavin Svenson), to some questions regarding mating systems (e.g. Kate Barry). Unfortunately mantids, though really cool, aren't that "sexy" as study animals because they're pretty difficult to rear cheaply in the lab and they don't have a fast generation. I mainly study their behavioral ecology and do field work so I'm able to circumvent a lot of those issues.</blockquote>