Seasonal Shifting in Diet of the Chinese Mantid,<i>Tenodera aridifolia sinensis</i>Saussure (Mantodea: Mantidae) as Revealed by Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopes

deHart, Pieter A. P.; Taylor, Joseph M.; Campbell, Meredith C.; Hurd, Lawrence E.

doi:10.3157/021.125.0302

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“…However, to our knowledge, there has been no in-depth study of praying mantis nutritional requirements. Emerging work suggests that mantids do not uniformly consume available insect prey [14, 16–18, 33, 42]. Praying mantids exhibit ontogenetic dietary patterns, occupying different trophic niches throughout their life cycle [33, 42].…”

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“…Emerging work suggests that mantids do not uniformly consume available insect prey [14, 16–18, 33, 42]. Praying mantids exhibit ontogenetic dietary patterns, occupying different trophic niches throughout their life cycle [33, 42]. Rather than hunting the most abundant prey, they target insect species with specific tissue nutrient profiles [33, 42].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Praying mantids exhibit ontogenetic dietary patterns, occupying different trophic niches throughout their life cycle [33, 42]. Rather than hunting the most abundant prey, they target insect species with specific tissue nutrient profiles [33, 42]. As frequent predators of insects, mantids are vulnerable to challenge by toxic compounds produced by their insect prey to deter predation [13, 15].…”

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The hindgut microbiota of praying mantids is highly variable and includes both prey-associated and host-specific microbes

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Ottesen

2018

PLoS ONE

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Praying mantids are predators that consume a wide variety of insects. While the gut microbiome of carnivorous mammals is distinct from that of omnivores and herbivores, the role of the gut microbiome among predatory insects is relatively understudied. Praying mantids are the closest known relatives to termites and cockroaches, which are known for their diverse gut microbiota. However, little is known about the mantid gut microbiota or their importance to host health. In this work, we report the results of a 16S rRNA gene-based study of gut microbiome composition in adults and late-instar larvae of three mantid species. We found that the praying mantis gut microbiome exhibits substantial variation in bacterial diversity and community composition. The hindgut of praying mantids were often dominated by microbes that are present in low abundance or not found in the guts of their insect prey. Future studies will explore the role of these microbes in the digestion of the dietary substrates and/or the degradation of toxins produced by their insect prey.

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