A broad shield on the chest and wide folded wings help hide the outline of a mantis in dry leaves. Look at the way its body sits above the litter, and at the spined front legs that can open quickly from under the leaflike shield.
A broad shield on the chest and wide folded wings help hide the outline of a mantis in dry leaves. Look at the way its body sits above the litter, and at the spined front legs that can open quickly from under the leaflike shield.