
with several hundred eggs in it. inside the egg
case.

then
finds a mate to start the of
the egg case. They eat, grow,
life
cycle all over again. molt
to get out of their small
skins, then eat, grow and molt more.
Adult
mantis graphic above is from:
http://www.earthsbirthday.org/handson/mantis.html
The
other 3 graphics were found at a site from which
our
server has now been blocked.
http://www13.brinkster.com/mantispage/1/pics.html