Starving mantis females lie to make a meal of a male
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Does this female false garden mantid look hungry? A male wanting to mate might not notice the danger if she deceives him with fake chemical cues.
Donald Hobern/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Does this female false garden mantid look hungry? A male wanting to mate might not notice the danger if she deceives him with fake chemical cues.
Donald Hobern/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)