First record of non-carnivore feeding behavior in a wild praying mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae)

Leonardo M. Lanna; João Felipe H. Rocha; Sávio Cavalcante; Derek Godoy; Maria Lucia F. Teixeira

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec03003

Authors

Leonardo M. Lanna Laboratório de Fitossanidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4087-9502
João Felipe H. Rocha Laboratório de Fitossanidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Sávio Cavalcante Laboratório de Fitossanidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Derek Godoy Laboratório de Insetos Aquáticos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Maria Lucia F. Teixeira Laboratório de Fitossanidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec03003

Keywords:

Dictyoptera, Natural History, Neotropical, Mantises, Stagmatoptera

Abstract

Praying mantises are recognized as carnivorous, exclusively feeding on live prey. Field observations during a praying mantis survey in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, revealed an adult male of Stagmatoptera precaria (Linnaeus, 1758) feeding on latex exudes of a papaya tree (Carica papaya L). This anecdote is the first record of non-carnivorous feeding behavior in wild praying mantises.

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