Dataset for: Diets of two non-native praying mantids (Tenodera sinensis and Mantis religiosa) show consumption of arthropods across all ecological roles

These data are from a comparative diet analysis which reveals many ecological guilds are consumed by nonnative mantids in old-field ecosystems. We observed low diet overlap between mantid species and overall high diet variability across samples. 

Methods
Mantids were collected in the field. We dissected their gut contents and used metabarcoding approaches to identify major diet components.