Praying mantis

Description:

This are nymphs of a Chinese praying mantis.

Habitat:

Grass land

Notes:

I noticed that their coloration was brownish with little green pigments. They bodies were soft and look pretty amazing. They are exactly the same as the adults but they do not have their wings develop. This is due to incomplete metamorphosis since they don't change their shape, the only change is seen in their body size. Also I was able to see them molt and what I noticed is that when they molt, the nymphs tend to get a light-yellow bright color and it takes a lot of time for them to molt. This could lead to higher possibilities of been attack by predators.