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<blockquote data-quote="Ranitomeya" data-source="post: 292761" data-attributes="member: 6796"><p>The larva-like state we see in newly hatched mantises is considered a protonymph. Many hemimetabolous insects, insects that have nymphs instead of larvae and pupae, have this brief stage after hatching out of their eggs. It is not until they molt out of their protonymph exoskeleton and become able to move around on their legs instead of moving around like larvae that they are considered nymphs and are considered first instars. The egg itself cannot move out of the ootheca and the nymph would deform itself attempting to squeeze its way out of the ootheca while its exoskeleton is hardening, so the protonymph stage after hatching out of the egg is a short-lived, but important stage of development.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranitomeya, post: 292761, member: 6796"] The larva-like state we see in newly hatched mantises is considered a protonymph. Many hemimetabolous insects, insects that have nymphs instead of larvae and pupae, have this brief stage after hatching out of their eggs. It is not until they molt out of their protonymph exoskeleton and become able to move around on their legs instead of moving around like larvae that they are considered nymphs and are considered first instars. The egg itself cannot move out of the ootheca and the nymph would deform itself attempting to squeeze its way out of the ootheca while its exoskeleton is hardening, so the protonymph stage after hatching out of the egg is a short-lived, but important stage of development. [/QUOTE]
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