The Gongylos mantis of India resembles a flower so much in colour and shape that other insects alight on it and are captured. Sap flows rapidly in trees in spring; so it is generally better to do pruning in the autumn.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21191, 14 August 1940, Page 10
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