praying mantids
Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references ...
File:1465337 orig.jpg, Dead adult female '' Pseudoharpax virescens''
File:7968110 orig.jpg, Dead adult female ''P. virescens''
File:8301767 orig.jpg, ''P. virescens''
nymph
A nymph ( grc, νύμφη, nýmphē, el, script=Latn, nímfi, label=Modern Greek; , ) in ancient Greek folklore is a minor female nature deity. Different from Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature, are ty ...
, probably in the second-
instar
An instar (, from the Latin '' īnstar'', "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (''ecdysis''), until sexual maturity is reached. Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to grow or ass ...
stage
File:8733675 orig.jpg, ''P. virescens'' nymphs threatening each other, in the older nymphal stages, probably subadult
File:Mating pair of Gambian Spotted-eye Flower Mantis.jpg, Mating pair of ''P. virescens''
File:Laying an ootheca.jpg, Adult female ''P. virescens'' laying an
ootheca
An ootheca (pl. ''oothecae'' ) is a type of egg mass made by any member of a variety of species including mollusks (such as ''Turbinella laevigata''), mantises, and cockroaches.
The word is a Latinized combination of ''oo-'', meaning "egg", f ...
instar
An instar (, from the Latin '' īnstar'', "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (''ecdysis''), until sexual maturity is reached. Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to grow or ass ...