Tag Archives: Neomantis

Moulting

Posted on January 8, 2012 by malcolm

Insects and spiders can’t grow steadily like we do because their skeletons are on the outside and serve simultaneously as skin, skeleton and armour. It doesn’t grow or stretch once it has hardened so the animal has to grow a … Continue reading →

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Turning over a new leaf

Posted on January 4, 2012 by malcolm

I was going to write a post with this title for New Year’s Day, playing on the New Year / New Leaf association by literally turning over leaves and showing what was underneath them. However, someone or something else intervened. The … Continue reading →

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Another kind of mantis

Posted on December 28, 2011 by malcolm

A month ago I wrote about finding a group of tiny just-emerged mantis nymphs. (‘Nymphs’ covers all stages of development except adults, from just-hatched to nearly fully developed.) In a footnote to that post I mentioned a larger nymph I … Continue reading →

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