Common Mantispe
The common mantispe ( Mantispa styriaca ), or mantispe of pagan Styrie or mantispe , is a Insecte Mantispidé S, Névroptère S.
Recognition
The adults are approximately 25 mm long. Their membranous wings are hyaline. The body is brown-russet-red, the eyes are large, globulous and green very brilliant. The antennas are thread-like, and are in continual movement on the vertical plan, of a regular and alternate beat of the two antennas. The forefeet are kidnappers, like those of the Mante nun, but folded up, at rest, behind of the shoulders.
Lifestyle
One meets Mantispa styriaca in the hot and dry places, but it is a rather rare insect. The adult moves awkwardly on 4 legs, and drives out with the mounting once installed. He uses for that his forefeet kidnappers, very sharp-edged, whom he deploys of an extremely fast movement on his prey. He can capture preys of the size of a Mouche (Mouche domesticates). The larva develops in Oothèque S of spiders.
Notice
The morphological resemblance between Mantispa styriaca and the Mante nun ( Mantis religiosa ) illustrate well the phenomenon of convergent evolution: the two insects belong to different orders (Névroptère S and Dictyoptère S) and thus followed ways of distinct evolution. However, their forefeet kidnappers have a very close form, as well as the unit Prothorax - head. This form thus seems an identical result of the evolution on different lines. The other families of each of the two orders did not develop legs kidnappers. One on the other hand notices the very close ones at some Punaise S (Hémiptère S).
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