In his palm lay a small larva , a gladiator in the second stage of its life 他的手掌上有只很小的若虫，是一只螳，正值生命的第二阶段。
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To answer such questions , we needed to observe how gladiators behave at all stages of their life 为了回答这些问题，我们必须观察螳生活史每个阶段的行为。
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A nocturnal hunt netted yet another species of gladiator ; we had now identified four distinct species in the new order 在一个夜里，他们用网子捕捉到另一个螳物种；这个新成立的螳目里，我们已经?定出四个物种了。
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Although we suspect that the gladiators share a common ancestor with the mantids and stick insects , it will take more work to establish their exact position within the evolutionary tree of insect life 虽然我们怀疑螳与螳螂、竹节虫有共同祖先，不过还得要做许多研究，才能确定螳在昆虫演化系谱上的确切位置。
