Now that I have your attention.. How often praying mantises eat? Sorry, I need the information for a project to get into a college, and I can't find the information anywhere.
2007-06-15 17:07:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Well, what species to be exact.
Their diets change drastically depending on their size and on how much water they consume and also environmental temperature
* Acanthops falcata - Venezuelan Dead Leaf mantis
* Acanthops fuscifolia - Tropical Dead Leaf
* Acanthops tuberculata - Tropical Dead Leaf
* Acromantis sp. - Boxer mantis
* Ameles decolor
* Ameles spallanzania
* Alalomantis muta - Cameroon mantis
* Asiadodis squilla - Asian shield mantis
* Blepharopsis mendica - Thistle mantis
* Brunneria subaptera - Stick mantis
* Brunneria borealis - Stick mantis
* Camelomantis sondaica
* Ceratocrania macra
* Ceratomantis saussurii
* Choeradodis rhombicollis - Tropical shield mantis
* Choeradodis stalii - Tropical shield mantis
* Cilnia humeralis
* Creobroter meleagris - Flower mantis
* Creobroter gemmatus - Indian flower mantis
* Creobroter pictipennis - Indian flower mantis
* Creobroter elongata - Flower mantis
* Deroplatys angustata - Dead Leaf mantis
* Deroplatys desiccata - Dead Leaf mantis
* Deroplatys lobata - Dead Leaf mantis
* Deroplatys truncata - Dead Leaf mantis
* Empusa fasciata
* Empusa pennata
* Eremiaphila brunneri - Common desert mantis
* Eremiaphila zetterstedti
* Euchomenella heteroptera - Twig mantis
* Gongylus gongylodes - Indian rose/Violin mantis
* Gonatista grisea - Grizzled mantis
* Heterochaeta strachani
* Hierodula membranacea - Giant Asian mantis
* Hierodula grandis - Giant Indian mantis
* Hierodula patellifera - Indo-Pacific mantis
* Hierodula parviceps - Philippine mantis
* Holaptilon pusillulum - Jumpy mantis
* Hoplocorypha sp.
* Humbertiella ceylonica
* Hymenopus coronatus - Orchid mantis
* Idolomantis diabolica - Devil's Flower mantis
* Idolomorpha madagascariensis
* Ischnomantis gigas
* Iris oratoria - Mediterranean mantis
* Liturgusa lichenalis - Lichen mantis
* Macromantis hyalina
* Mantis religiosa - European mantis
* Miomantis caffra - South African mantis
* Miomantis paykullii - Egyptian mantis
* Miomantis abyssinica - Egyptian mantis
* Odontomantis sp. - Ant mantis
* Oligonicella scudderi - Scudder's mantis
* Orthodera novaezealandiae - New Zealand mantis
* Otomantis sp. - Boxer mantis
* Oxyopsis gracilis - Peruvian mantis
* Oxyopsis peruviana - Peruvian mantis
* Oxyothespis dumonti
* Paramantis prasina
* Parasphendale agrionina - Bud-winged mantis
* Parasphendale affinis - African banded mantis
* Paratoxodera cornicollis - Giant Malaysian stick mantis
* Phyllocrania paradoxa - Ghost mantis
* Phyllovates chlorophaea
* Plistospilota guineensis
* Polyspilota aeruginosa
* Popa spurca - twig mantis
* Pseudocreobotra ocellata - Spiny flower mantis
* Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii - Spiny flower mantis
* Pseudovates arizonae - Arizona unicorn mantis
* Rhombodera basalis - Giant Malaysian shield mantis
* Rhombodera extensicollis - Giant shield mantis
* Rhombodera megaera - Giant shield mantis
* Rivetina baetica - Ground mantis
* Stagmatoptera biocellata
* Stagmomantis californica- California mantis
* Sphodromantis balachowskyi
* Stagmomantis carolina - Carolina mantis
* Stagmomantis limbata - Bordered mantis
* Stagmomantis floridensis - Florida mantis
* Sibylla pretiosa
* Tamolanica tamolana
* Tarachodes afzelii
* Tarachodula pantherina
* Theopropus elegans - Elegant mantis
* Tisma freyi
* Taumantis sigiana - Lime-green mantis
* Tenodera australasiae
* Tenodera angustipennis - Narrow-winged mantis
* Tenodera aridifolia sinensis - Chinese mantis
compare the size of the mantis in these pics and you tell me if its possible to give you one answer for your question
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Target.gif
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/ChipequeWikipedia.jpg
my favorite mantis, Hymenopus coronatus - Orchid mantis
http://www.natureartists.com/art/creative_process/resized/1230_6_Ophelia.jpg
2007-06-15 17:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I know that Japan is in Asia. I don't have any information about the dietary habits of the praying mantis. Have you posted in a more appropriate category? Try Homework Help or one of the animal related categories.
2007-06-15 17:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by fdm215 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
unfortunately, somewhere in Asia and i was told that the people there actually eat mantises, or the other way around - basically eachother.
2007-06-16 15:49:09 · answer #3 · answered by discoverthetruth 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are two questions. One for attention. Japan is in south east Asia near China and has lots of Islands.
Praying Mantises and for that matter all the creatures will eat many times till their stomach is full and mostly in day time.many flies think it is part of the plant and land in its hands and savoured by it.
2007-06-15 17:18:17 · answer #4 · answered by rajan l 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
In Japan, the Praying Mantis eats you.
2007-06-15 23:55:01 · answer #5 · answered by JavaJoe 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Japan is located in the country of Asia. It is actually off coast and the fastest way to get there from the U.S. would either be in Hawaii, California, or Alaska.
2007-06-15 17:10:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
japan is in asia. female praying mantis eat the male
2007-06-16 02:36:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Praying mantis regularly eat Japanese. Look out!
2007-06-15 18:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by Ange3333 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Gimme a break. They eat whenever they're hungry. What college are you trying to get into?
2007-06-15 17:12:02 · answer #9 · answered by pitboss 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Japan is on Earth.
2007-06-15 17:10:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋