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Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a nice used copy! Blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 374 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "Praying mantids have fascinated people for thousands of years. In their Book of the Dead, ancient Egyptians honored the mantis as a minor deity, the "Bird-Fly," whose function was to conduct the souls of the dead to the netherworld. The Chinese bred mantids for fighting and celebrated their ferocity and foolhardy courage (they sometimes attack prey larger than themselves) in songs and poems. Today, mantids continue to seize the imaginations of serious researchers and backyard naturalists with their dramatic method of capturing prey, their bizarre "sexual…
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The Praying Mantids Hardcover - 1999 - 1st Edition
by Frederick R. Prete (Editor); Harrington Wells (Editor); Lawrence E. Hurd (Editor)
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Everyone who writes about mantids seems to have an interesting story to tell, and we hope that we do, too.
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- Title The Praying Mantids
- Author Frederick R. Prete (Editor); Harrington Wells (Editor); Lawrence E. Hurd (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
- Date November 24, 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780801861741 / 0801861748
- Weight 2.28 lbs (1.03 kg)
- Dimensions 10.27 x 7.38 x 1.49 in (26.09 x 18.75 x 3.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mantodea
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99044360
- Dewey Decimal Code 595.727
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Praying mantids have fascinated people for thousands of years. In their Book of the Dead, ancient Egyptians honored the mantis as a minor deity, the "Bird-Fly," whose function was to conduct the souls of the dead to the netherworld. The Chinese bred mantids for fighting and celebrated their ferocity and foolhardy courage (they sometimes attack prey larger than themselves) in songs and poems. Today, mantids continue to seize the imaginations of serious researchers and backyard naturalists with their dramatic method of capturing prey, their bizarre "sexual cannibalism," and their appeal as "beneficial" insects.
The Praying Mantids represents the current state of knowledge on these remarkable insects, bringing together all that is… Read More
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