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Silky siblings
Baby praying mantis hatch out of the cocoon in which their eggs were laid. They wriggle free and hang by a thread of silk until they stretch out their legs and get ready to leave. The first hatched climb over the last born as they leave. One egg mass from a single female may release as many as 400 young
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