Seth Irving's List: Magic Wells - Shorts and Stories

• typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn or folk etymology "preying mantis" is sometimes used in reference to their predatory habits.^[

• Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago
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• Predatory Reduviidae use the long rostrum to inject a lethal saliva that liquefies the insides of the prey, which are then sucked out
• As nymphs, some species will cover and camouflage themselves with debris or the remains of dead prey insects, which forms a very effective camouflage.
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• Parasitism is a non-mutual relationship between organisms where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host.