Giant mantis - Giant mantis

Japanese: オオカマキリモドキ - おおかまきりもどき
Giant mantis - Giant mantis

...At first glance, the eggs look like those of a lacewing, but they are tiny, 0.2-0.6 mm long, elliptical eggs with a long diameter of about 0.5 mm attached to the end of a thread-like stalk, and are laid in egg masses on the undersides of leaves. The number of eggs laid is large, with Climaciella magna reaching more than 8,000. The larvae are known to parasitize spider egg sacs and wasp nests, and among the Japanese species, Mantispa japonica and Mantispa mantis parasitize the egg sacs of the Edokomachi spider. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "fake mantis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…卵は一見クサカゲロウの卵(うどんげ)のようであるが,微小で0.2~0.6mmの糸状の柄の先に長径約0.5mmの長楕円形の卵をつけ,木の葉の裏面などに卵塊として産みつける。産卵数は多く,オオカマキリモドキClimaciella magnaでは8000以上に達する。幼虫はクモの卵囊やハチの巣などに寄生することが知られ,日本産の種ではヒメカマキリモドキMantispa japonicaとカマキリモドキがエドコマチグモの卵囊に寄生するという。…

※「オオカマキリモドキ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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