TY - JOUR
T1 - Decision-making and motor control in predatory insects
T2 - a review of the praying mantis
AU - Yamawaki, Yoshifumi
N1 - Funding Information:
The author’s works introduced in this review were supported by the grants from Sumitomo Foundation, Yamada Science Foundation, MEXT (17770061), Inamori Foundation and Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation. I thank anonymous referees and Dr Gordon Port, Associate Editor, for their valuable comments which improved the clarity and quality of the manuscript. The author declares no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Royal Entomological Society
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - 1. Predatory and defensive behaviours require multiple stages of decision-making in predatory insects, such as the praying mantis. 2. During predation, a praying mantis must decide where to ambush prey and which prey to fixate on, catch, and eat. The mantis also needs to decide how to track, approach, and catch prey, all the while controlling these actions depending on the visual features and position of the prey. For defence, a mantis must decide when to be defensive and which defensive response to initiate. 3. This review summarises the current knowledge of decision-making processes and the corresponding motor control in the mantis, remarking on the importance of considering the interaction between predatory and defensive systems. Current research suggests that the mantis is a good model for revealing the mechanisms behind an animal's selection of a certain behaviour from a broad repertoire.
AB - 1. Predatory and defensive behaviours require multiple stages of decision-making in predatory insects, such as the praying mantis. 2. During predation, a praying mantis must decide where to ambush prey and which prey to fixate on, catch, and eat. The mantis also needs to decide how to track, approach, and catch prey, all the while controlling these actions depending on the visual features and position of the prey. For defence, a mantis must decide when to be defensive and which defensive response to initiate. 3. This review summarises the current knowledge of decision-making processes and the corresponding motor control in the mantis, remarking on the importance of considering the interaction between predatory and defensive systems. Current research suggests that the mantis is a good model for revealing the mechanisms behind an animal's selection of a certain behaviour from a broad repertoire.
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U2 - 10.1111/een.12452
DO - 10.1111/een.12452
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028433320
SN - 0307-6946
VL - 42
SP - 39
EP - 50
JO - Ecological Entomology
JF - Ecological Entomology
ER -