Why did mantis pull his head off?

Mantis's neck is very flexible, very flexible. It didn't lose its head, but its neck was elongated.

Mantis's life cycle is completed within one year, and it goes through three stages of development: egg, nymph and adult, so it belongs to incomplete metamorphosis. The nymph molts 7~ 1 1 time, and reaches the adult stage after 8~ 12 years. The increase or decrease of age is influenced by the environment and the amount of food.

Mantis is a terrestrial predator (carnivorous), and all species of insects can be preyed by mantis, especially the eggs, larvae, naked pupae and adults of flies, mosquitoes, moths and butterflies are suitable prey. Even large insects like cicadas and migratory locusts are their prey.

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There is a kind of mantis in the tropics. Its front legs are petal-shaped and its body color is purple and white. It is hidden in the leaves and looks like a purple-white orchid at first glance. There is a kind of flower mantis in Malaysia, which is pink and looks like a blooming flower. It attracts butterflies to collect honey and is fooled.

It imitates leaves, while others grow leaves and protrusions on the chest, abdomen, tibia and lying position, imitating leaves, branches and tree scars to confuse insects.

Imitated as a water drop, there is a mantis in the tropical desert, with a green body and a flat protrusion on its head, which is smooth and bright. The protrusion on its head is like a drop of crystal dew in the sun, attracting insects in arid areas to get water and being arrested.