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November 13, 2013 • 5:44 am
Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Wow, that is cool. I see what look like small wing pads in the right locations, but these could also just be moss-mimicking structures. If they are wing pads in a young specimen that will grow wings, then maybe the winged adults will look very different from the nymphs. There are lots of mantids where the juveniles and adults use a different camouflage.
This might instead be a functionally wingless species. In that case I can not tell if it is a nymph or adult.