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or egg-case. In most mantis species, each mantis nymph emerges from its own hole in the egg-case, but in this species, one of the ootheca is drawn out into a point and all the nymphs emerge through this. The nymphs are similar to the adults in appearance and go through a series of moults as they
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is an elongated green insect with the typical raptorial forelimbs of a mantis. The adults have reduced-size wings and are probably unable to fly. They can grow to a length of about 77 mm (3 in).
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374:2012-09-25 at the
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321:References
78:Arthropoda
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441:Evolution
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119:Brunneria
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58:Eukaryota
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508:BugGuide
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284:Biology
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