Kwik-Key to Insect Orders

Select "A", "B", or "C" for your specimen:

A. Front legs are raptorial (adapted for catching prey).

A: Order Mantodea

B. Front legs are fossorial (adapted for digging).

B: Order Orthoptera

C. Front legs are cursorial (adapted for running/walking).

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