Consider the Life of the Praying Mantis

question 8

Multiple Choice

Consider the life of the praying mantis.The large predatory female lays several hundred eggs in a foam mass in the fall.The young are most vulnerable when they emerge in the spring,but the few that survive spread out over the countryside and,if they find a mate,lay eggs the following fall.Which type of survivorship curve does this represent?

• A)type I
• B)type II
• C)type III
• D)exponential growth followed by a decline from resource depletion
• E)maximal exponential growth and minimal use of carrying capacity

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