Female orchid mantises are dazzlingly beautiful, with pinkish legs that appear to form a delicate flower blossom. They're also double the size of their far plainer male counterparts. Typically, when insect females evolve to become much larger than males, it's to maximize the number of offspring they can produce. But scientists believe that female orchid mantises evolved into beautiful flower forms for a more sinister reason: to hunt prey.
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