Australian insects
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Australian insects presents itself as a textbook devoted exclusively to Australian entomology, responding to enquiries from people in Australia and visitors from other countries. The account of baby mantids describes newly emerged creatures hanging head downward by slender threads until the first larval skin is cast and the wingless young fall to the ground. The discussion recommends leaving mantid egg masses undisturbed because each shelters some hundreds of creatures that destroy thousands of smaller injurious insects.
The thick-shouldered green mantis is described as usually resting motionless and alert on a leaf, with raised forelegs ready to seize a passing moth or butterfly. The account records the green mantis from New Zealand and suggests that the species could easily have been introduced from Australia with foliage plants.
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- Walter W. Froggatt
- Pages
- 511
- Language
- English
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- Popular Science
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