A variety of major adaptations is listed below: ADAPTATION ADVANTAGE Pinching Jaws Can grasp food when hunting prey Enlarged mandible (lower jaw) Can eat other insects and larva Bulging eyes Vision enhanced Saw-tooth ovipositer Can saw into branches to lay eggs Sword-shaped ovipositer Elongated shape to deposit eggs in soil or in long plant Displays spines on rear legs Dagger shaped spines used for defense from predators Displays spines on forelegs Used to impale prey Extra eyes Can avoid predators, vision enhanced Contiguous eyes Vision enhanced Winged Ability to fly when escaping predators Enlarged jumping legs Enhanced mobility Brightly colored usually red, yellow &amp; black Warning 
(Bulging eyes; Can saw; into branches) Context(Bulging eyes Can saw,List([178, 235))):(Extra eyes; Can avoid; predators) (predators; spines; Displays) (ADAPTATION ADVANTAGE Pinching Jaws; Can grasp; food; T:when hunting prey) (eggs Sword-shaped ovipositer; Elongated; shape) (spines; used; for defense) (Vision; enhanced; Winged Ability to fly) (vision; enhanced; Contiguous eyes) (Enlarged mandible (lower jaw; Can eat; other insects and larva) (Dagger; shaped; spines used for defense; from predators) (Vision; enhanced; Saw-tooth ovipositer)
Bulging eyes Can saw,List([178, 235))
Bulging eyes Extra eyes predators ADAPTATION ADVANTAGE Pinching Jaws eggs Sword-shaped ovipositer spines Vision vision Enlarged mandible (lower jaw Dagger Vision
Can saw Can avoid spines Can grasp Elongated used enhanced enhanced Can eat shaped enhanced
into branches
predators
Displays
food T:when hunting prey
shape
for defense
Winged Ability to fly
Contiguous eyes
other insects and larva
spines used for defense from predators
Saw-tooth ovipositer