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Praying mantids (Mantodea) vs Mantidflies (Neuroptera:Mantispidae) general bodyform
For those who don't know the difference, which one do you think this picture is of?
Praying mantids are Exopterygota, they have several nymphs stages before adults. Mantidflies are Endopterygota, they have a larval, pupa, and adult stage. There are many many different Orders of insects between them, but their bodyform is very similar. I think that's pretty obscure, I could probably go farther. Social insects of termites vs Hymenoptera?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantispidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endopterygota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantodea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exopterygota
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