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Definition of Mantids
1. mantid [n] - See also: mantid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantids
Literary usage of Mantids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"The so-called flower mantids in tropical countries closely resemble the flowers
of certain plants, especially brilliant orchids, and in these flowers they ..."
2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"... I Mantidae, mantids. I Phasmidae, Walking Sticks. Saltatoria \ Tettigoniidae,
Long-horned Grasshoppers and Katydids. ..."
3. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"All mantids are predatory on other insects. They have highly modified and strengthened
... Many people assume that praying mantids are highly beneficial, ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"... and mantids from another angle, which cannot be shown in the diagram, ...
may be related to the mantids through the mediation of the Plecoptera. ..."
5. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1908)
"For a packet of eggs from which parasites issued in 1881 the date of the appearance
of the parasite is recorded as May 12 and the young mantids hatched May ..."
6. Class Book of Economic Entomology: With Special Reference to the Economic by William Lochhead (1919)
"... mantids The Praying mantids are predaceous insects and for centuries have been
looked upon as uncanny creatures both in the old and new worlds. ..."
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