Vajrabhairava
Vajrabhairava. A
tantric tutelary deity (
yi-dam), thought to be the wrathful aspect of
Mañjughoṣa or
Yamāntaka. Meditational practices and rituals associated with Vajrabhairava are expounded in the
Vajrabhairava Tantra and related texts introduced from
Oḍḍiyāna by Lalitavajra. Vajrabhairava is especially venerated in the
Geluk school, both in
Tibet and
Mongolia.
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Mantid OZ kids get backyard bugs guide.
M2 Presswire; 10/29/2001; 654 words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-29 October 2001-CSIRO: Mantid OZ kids get backyard bugs guide (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29102001 A new Backyard Bugs Guide will familiarise...
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Intriguing Praying Mantis a wonder in the insect world.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...meal. The native species, the Carolina mantid, ranges from 2 1/2 to 3 inches in length...to Illinois and Indiana. The European mantid is similar in appearance to the Carolina...America on nursery stock in 1899, European mantid held promise as a predator of Gypsy Moth...
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OIL SPRAYS ERADICATE THOSE WINTER PESTS.(Home Front)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...by far, the most commonly observed is the European mantid. This mantid reaches about 3 inches when full-grown and may be...distinctive. In warmer areas of Colorado, the European mantid can be common. The insect, however, is marginally...
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Sound generation in Mantis religiosa (Mantodea: Mantidae): stridulatory structures and acoustic signal.
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthoptera Research; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...rate of syllable production depends on a mantid's sex. The acoustic output of M. religiosa...mechanisms of predator deterrence. Key words mantid, acoustic, defense, display, stridulation...encounter with a predator, the European mantid, Mantis religiosa L. mayperfonn a dramatic...
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Introducing a "boundary-flux" approach to quantifying insect diffusion rates.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...methods. Using published data on praying mantid dispersal, I introduce and illustrate...nonoverlapping generations: in late spring mantid nymphs emerge during a narrow window of...which can result in extremely high mantid densities immediately after hatch (up...
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Manny the Praying Mantis.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 4/1/1999; ; 652 words
; Manny the mantid clings to a branch of the mint plant that...praying mantises. In early May I bought a mantid egg case at a garden shop. Gardeners...in early August, a three-inch-long mantid peered at me through the leaves of a mint...
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Lichens.
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...you look carefully, you can see a grizzled mantid hiding on the lichen above. Like many other insects, the mantid has colors and patterns that match lichens almost perfectly. This helps the mantid hide from its enemies. And some lacewing insects...
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MANTIDS - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE JUST PLAIN WRONG - ON VIEW AT FILM FEST
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...opportunity to explode the many, many mantid myths that Hollywood has exploited for...demonstrations on stage of a variety of mantid-inspired Kung Fu styles. Exhibitions...Chinese paper-cut animation about a mantid that has to dodge its own predators while...
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Interview: Piotr Naskrecki discusses his book "The Smaller Majority"
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 11/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...example. Let's talk about this grass mantid. Why did you choose to photograph that...long time. And... FLATOW What is a mantid? Describe it for people who are not seeing...OK. Let me start with this statement. Mantid--praying mantises--are basically...
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Relieving food limitation reduces survivorship of a generalist predator.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Hurd and Fagan 1992). The most common mantid in Delaware, Tenodera sinensis, is food...array. On 13 May, 200 first-stadium mantid nymphs were introduced to each plot...076, P = 0.036). All emigrating mantid nymphs were collected daily from dispersal...
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mantid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mantid or mantis, name applied to the large...prey. While lying in wait for its prey, a mantid holds its front legs in an upraised position...in any direction. Members of the 1,800 mantid species range in length from 1 to 5 in...
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mantid flies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
mantid flies See MANTISPIDAE ; NEUROPTERA .
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Mantispidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Mantispidae ( mantid flies ; subclass Pterygota , order Neuroptera ) Family of insects whose common name refers to their mantidlike appearance. The...
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Torymidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...femora may be enlarged. Most are parasitic on dipteran and hymenopteran gall formers, although some eat seeds. The eggs are laid in galls or the seeds of trees, particularly conifers, and some are laid in caterpillars and mantid oothecae .
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mantis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mantis see mantid .
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