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Litaneutria obscura, commonly known as the obscure ground mantis, is a species of praying mantis in North America. It is native to Arizona, southern California, ...
Litaneutria minor, or the agile ground mantis or minor ground mantid, is native to the drier regions of North America. L. minor is found in the United States in Colorado, Arizona to Mexico, and the eastern regions of Washington to California. They also can be found in Canada in the southern Okanagan Valley and are Canada's only native mantis ...
Ground mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis believed to hunt on or near ground level rather than high amid foliage. Examples native to North America include: Litaneutria minor — minor ground mantis [1] Litaneutria skinneri — Skinner's ground mantis [2] Yersiniops solitaria — horned ground mantis [3]
An economic theory that defines wealth by the amount of precious metals owned. [48] business cycle. Also called the economic cycle or trade cycle. The downward and upward movement of gross domestic product (GDP) around its long-term growth trend. [49] The length of a business cycle is the period of time containing a single boom and contraction ...
“The Beige Book points to more of a slowdown in hiring and economic activity than reported in the ‘hard’ indicators of the U.S. economy, like the jobs report or real GDP,” Bill Adams ...
Standard economic theory suggests that in relatively open international financial markets, the savings of any country would flow to countries with the most productive investment opportunities; hence, saving rates and domestic investment rates would be uncorrelated, contrary to the empirical evidence suggested by Martin Feldstein and Charles ...
When directly threatened, many mantis species stand tall and spread their forelegs, with their wings fanning out wide. The fanning of the wings makes the mantis seem larger and more threatening, with some species enhancing this effect with bright colors and patterns on their hindwings and inner surfaces of their front legs.
He speaks with a parade-ground staccato, occasionally punctuating his thoughts with a concussive “Hell-fire!” The majority of moral injury cases go much deeper, he said. “They’re more about survivor’s guilt, death of children, death of civilians, that are just part and parcel of combat action.