Monday, July 23, 2007

Praying Mantis molt

by Bryce and Shane

We saw the shell of the praying mantis that was our teacher's pet. It was in the terrarium in the bank barn. The shell is the exoskeleton of the praying mantis that is like a dead layer of skin falling off. It shedded off in one piece. Only insects can do that or things with scales like snakes.

P.S. Unfortunately the molt blew away in the wind so we couldn't take a picture.

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