Published November 22, 2017 | Version v1

Figure 5 from: Dorey JB, Merritt DJ (2017) First observations on the life cycle and mass eclosion events in a mantis fly (Family Mantispidae) in the subfamily Drepanicinae. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e21206. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e21206

  • 1. Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
  • 2. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Figure 5 - Timelapse movie of an adult Ditaxis biseriata emerging from the pupal case. The pupa climbs a tree trunk and becomes still, then the adult emerges and its wings inflate and become transparent. In real time the process shown here took 43 minutes.

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