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Friday, May 10th, 2024
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Bible Encyclopedias
Mantis-Fly
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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The name given to neuropterous insects of the family Mantispidae, related to the ant-lions, lace-wing. flies, &c., and named from their superficial resemblance to a Mantis owing to the length of the prothorax and the shape and prehensorial nature of the anterior legs. The larva, at first campodeiform, makes its way into the egg-case of a spider or the nest of a wasp to feed upon the eggs or young. Subsequently it changes into a fat grub with short legs. When full grown it spins a silken cocoon in which the transformation into the pupa is effected. The latter escapes from its double case before moulting into the mature insect.
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Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mantis-Fly'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mantis-fly.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mantis-Fly'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mantis-fly.html. 1910.
