. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. THE GRASSHOPPER'S COUSINS chance arrival of the next course in his ever unfinished banquet of living fare. Some exotic species of mantids have the sides of the prothorax extended to form a wide shield (Fig. 47), beneath which the forelegs are folded and completely hidden. It is not clear what advantage they derive from this device, but it seems to be one more expression of deceit. Of course, as we shall take occasion to observe later, goodness and bad- ness are largely matters of Fig. 47. A mantis from Ecuador with a shieldlike e
. Insects, their ways and means of living. Insects. THE GRASSHOPPER'S COUSINS chance arrival of the next course in his ever unfinished banquet of living fare. Some exotic species of mantids have the sides of the prothorax extended to form a wide shield (Fig. 47), beneath which the forelegs are folded and completely hidden. It is not clear what advantage they derive from this device, but it seems to be one more expression of deceit. Of course, as we shall take occasion to observe later, goodness and bad- ness are largely matters of Fig. 47. A mantis from Ecuador with a shieldlike extension of its back. (Length y/i inches). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Snodgrass, R. E. (Robert E. ), 1875-1962. New York Smithsonian Institution series
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