Editing Chinese mantis (section)

==Growth==
Chinese mantises hatch in the spring, eat, grow, and molt through the summer, and lay eggs at the end of summer. When it gets too cold, they die, only living around a year long.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chinese Mantis|url=https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/chinese-mantis|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Missouri Department of Conservation|language=en}}</ref> First [[instar]] [[Nymph (biology)|nymphs]] that eat less take a longer time to molt to the next instar and are smaller at the second instar than first instar nymphs that have been fed more.<ref>{{ cite news | first1=K. | last1=Duss | first2=L E | last2=Hurd | title=Food limitation reduces body length in mantid nymphs, Tenodera sinensis Saussure (Mantodea: Mantidae): Implications for fitness | journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington | year=1997 | volume=99 | publisher=Washington, etc. :Entomological Society of Washington | pages=490–493 | issn=0013-8797 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16213161#page/504/mode/1up }}</ref>