Study shows orchid mantis more attractive to their prey than real orchids
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 07:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —The orchid mantis is famous for its remarkable similarity to the orchid flower, but researchers from Macquarie University have now discovered that its' unique form of deception not only attracts its prey by resembling a blossom, but is in fact even more attractive to pollinators than the real flower.