Sentences with phrase «of praying mantis»

Further absurdist or cringe - worthy punning can be encountered in a bronze sculpture of a praying mantis praying from a scripture titled, wait for it, Life Sentences.

The final physical version of the ix Metro that toured European auto shows in 2009 looked like the face of a praying mantis, and the interior looked like the kind of car you'd imagine if you were tripping and needed a ride down the rabbit hole.

An entomologist trekking through Amazonian rain forest and sifting through musty museums has discovered 19 new species of praying mantis in Central and South America.

The research is the first formal study to use female genital structures to delimit a new species of praying mantis.

A scientist has discovered 19 new species of praying mantis from Central and South America.

While doing field research on wasps in 2010, D. J. Cox came across this gruesome scene of a praying mantis devouring a caterpillar that would, alas, never reach its monarch butterfly potential.

Liturgusa krattorum, a new species of praying mantis discovered by Dr. Gavin Svenson of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, is named for Martin and Chris Kratt of the television show Wild Kratts.

When scientists from McGill University and the University of Guelph exposed fruit flies to the scent of a praying mantis, a known predator, they found that the risk of extinction increased up to seven fold.

Scientists exposed varying sizes of populations of fruit flies to the scent of praying mantises during breeding and non-breeding seasons.

Svenson's research is focused on the evolutionary patterns of relationship, distribution and complex features of praying mantises.

This study was done as part of Svenson's broader research project, which is focused on the evolutionary patterns of relationship, distribution and complex features of praying mantises.

This research establishes the validity of using female specimens in the classification of praying mantises.

While I don't really enjoy seeing any living creature subjected to the rigors of science (I'm hoping the subjects were retired to a nearby grassy field after their adventures at the lab) this research is pretty incredible and follows up on the 1980's work by Samuel Rossel using prisms and occluders to prove the visual prowess of praying mantises.

Not exact matches

In recent years Aspen Heights students were in charge of raising and releasing into the wild 300 - 400 painted lady butterflies, 300 - 500 Chinese praying mantises, and 10,000 ladybugs — as approved by Agriculture Canada.

Behind the praying mantis was a geodesic dome the size of a small house, illuminated from within by colored lights.

Many of the downtown investments create that new, fun experience: There's a giant praying mantis statue, imported from Burning Man, that breathes fire, giant board games in the backyard of a lounge called the Gold Spike, and there's one live music venue and another in the works.

The beautiful eighteenth - century costumes and setting seduce us into viewing these affairs with a kind of horrified detachment, as though we were watching a «Nature» film on PBS showing the praying mantis being devoured by his mate in the act of copulation.

Take the male praying mantis, the poster boy of risky sex.

In DISCOVER's gallery of cannibal animals, we listed species like the praying mantis that engage in sexual cannibalism, with the female eating her mate.

The discovery of this new praying mantis ultimately highlights the need for continued research in museum collections.»

«Identifying a unique praying mantis hidden among other species was unexpected and exciting,» said lead author Sydney Brannoch, a Case Western Reserve University graduate student working under the direction of Dr. Gavin Svenson at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

While studying the insect collection of the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France, two American scientists uncovered a small, leaf - dwelling praying mantis with unique features collected from Madagascar in 2001.

«A new species and genus of «horned necked» praying mantis from a French museum collection.»

A new study by the zoologists Martin Nyffeler (University of Basel), Mike Maxwell (National University, La Jolla, California), and James Van Remsen (Louisiana State University) now shows that praying mantises all over the world also kill and eat small birds.

Consequently, hummingbirds make up the vast majority of birds killed by praying mantises, with the Ruby - throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) being a particularly frequent victim.

The unicorn beetle in the picture, along with a black widow spider, praying mantis, scorpion and carpenter ant, are animated robots designed by the creators of ET.

Ilomantis ginsburgae is a new species of leaf - dwelling praying mantis from Madagascar.

Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History have pioneered a new method to identify praying mantises.

In captivity, the females of some species such as the European or praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) have often been observed to kill and eat the male during sex, although it remains controversial whether this deadly love bite is commonly delivered in themantis (Mantis religiosa) have often been observed to kill and eat the male during sex, although it remains controversial whether this deadly love bite is commonly delivered in theMantis religiosa) have often been observed to kill and eat the male during sex, although it remains controversial whether this deadly love bite is commonly delivered in the wild.

Female praying mantises are the poster child of dangerous sex, thanks to their predilection for biting off their mates» heads immediately after copulation (watch a video)-- but many seemingly mild - mannered creatures can also be pretty violent in their sex lives.

[Video reveals the incredible acrobatic feats (and occasional face plants) of a pouncing praying mantis]

VIOLENCE / GORE 4 - Animals fight a major battle with wolves on a ship, using all types of weapons and Kung Fu, other ships are piled together to block a river from a large ship that breaks through with cannon fire and flames, swords, flaming arrows and spears flash and wolves and other animals are punched unconscious; a panda catches a swung axe blade between the flattened palms of his hands without harm, a praying mantis rubs two hands together over a powder keg, his hands explode and it laughs, and we see one group of animals floating on debris in the river, tired out, while a panda deflects many fireballs shot from the ship's cannon.

And his action - team entourage, drawn from various species of animal and movie star — praying mantis, tiger, monkey, etc; Seth Rogen, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, etc. — do more to crowd the picture than to enliven it.

The real trouble begins when Slappy (the antagonist from Night of the Living Dummy) escapes and steals the collection of manuscripts, releasing the full extent of Stine's imagination upon the town — from the Werewolf of Fever Swamp, to a giant praying mantis, to freeze - ray wielding aliens, to murderous garden gnomes.

Disgust, a green, judgmental mean girl voiced by Mindy Kaling, Fear, a skittish praying mantis of a figure (Bill Hader), and Anger, a literal hothead of a burning ember in a middle - management suit (perfectly pitched on the edge of outrage by Lewis Black), fill out the control room crew and end up panicking when left in charge.

Following a bug hunt and an afternoon looking at and handling stick insects, a praying mantis, snails, tarantulas and scorpions the students studied the depiction of insects in arts from earliest Egyptian to contemporary drawings, before producing their own studies, which were exhibited at a local gallery.

The Hands - on Science section offers information and activities on all kinds of bugs and butterflies such as ants, luna moths, ladybugs, and praying mantis, as well as enrichment activities that include spiders, insects, and more.

Probably because of the complex engineering of the folding roof, the convertible hasn't yet gotten the 2.0 treatment, so the IS - C does not have, for example, Lexus's new mouse - type computer controller or the larger dashboard screen, the eight - speed transmission, the praying - mantis grille or other up - to - the - second touches.

The middle grade novel tells the story of Flory, a fairy who loses her wings in an accident and must fend for herself in a garden alongside bats, praying mantises and other potentially threatening creatures.

Simmering within Ealing, Iowa, is a deadly, genetically engineered plague capable of unleashing unstoppable soldiers — six - foot - tall praying mantises with insatiable appetites for food and sex.

There's no time - travel per se in this novel, but there are plenty of «connections that spiderweb through time and space,» as Austin and his best bud, Robby, accidentally unleash a plague of six - foot - tall flesh - eating praying mantises upon the world.

Werner Drewes, Praying Mantis, 1944 Etching January 22 — March 30, 2011 The American Abstract Artists, formed in 1936, were drawn to Mondrian's ideal of the «splendor of dynamic structure.»

The works in the exhibition include Maradona, a grandiose figure in joyous repose — part man, part maypole, part praying mantis — which stands in duplicate at the centre of the exhibition.

Praying Mantises are capable of turning their heads nearly 180 degrees, and their compound eyes have 10,000 lenses with visual acuity out to about 20 meters; in other words, if you think a Mantis is looking at you, it most likely is.

This game Tekken Revolution for PlayStation 3 will receive an update — eventually — with one of the characters here, be it a «Giant Praying Mantis» or what's described as an «Average, run - of - the - mill Old Man.»

Birds and predator insects like ladybugs, lacewings and praying mantises will take care of pests.