Eat This, Not That: Why Mantids Eat Everything But the Gut of Some Caterpillar Prey By Leslie Mertz When a Chinese mantid (Tenodera sinensis) grabs a nice, plump monarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus), it not only “bites into the fleshy bits” but also eventually gnaws deeply […] Entomology Today March 20, 2017 3 Comments