Consider the Life of the Praying Mantis

Consider the life of the praying mantis.The large predatory female lays several hundred eggs in a foam mass in the fall.The young are most vulnerable when they emerge in the spring,but the few that survive spread out over the countryside and,if they find a mate,lay eggs the following fall.Which type of survivorship curve does this represent?

A) type I
B) type II
C) type III
D) exponential growth followed by a decline from resource depletion
E) maximal exponential growth and minimal use of carrying capacity