@mgerique The resilience of insects to injury is remarkable. Of course, there's quite the bias in that we only get to document non-fatal injuries. For example this mantis that lost one of its hind limbs. Yet from its behaviour I wouldn't have been able to tell, at least not immediately.

Ameles decolor, nymph with a missing left hindlimb. From Hvar island, Croatia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131089844

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Grey Mantis (Ameles decolor)

Grey Mantis in August 2022 by Albert Cardona. Nymph. Missing a rear limb. Seen next to another mantis of the same species and life stage and di...

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