Imago is what an adult insect is called. Imago is the very last stage of insect metamorphosis.
IMAGO
Incomplete metamorphosis has three stages, and complete metamorphosis has four or more stages.
Pupa
Metamorphosis is basically the cycle through which an insect matures. Complete metamorphosis consist of four stages : egg, larva, pupa and adult. While incomplete metamorphosis has three stages: egg, nymph and adult.
Larvae turn into adults through the process of metamorphosis. This process starts after a larva turns into a pupa. It then emerges from the pupal stage in its adult form.
the answer is metamorphosis.
I think 'life cycle' refers to an insect going from egg to adult, but metamorphosis refers to when an insect changes form. For example from a caterpillar to a butterfly.
imago
This stage is known as imago. It is the final stage in the process of metamorphosis, and is when the insect gains adult maturity.
Imago, the last stage of metamorphosis.
The young insect resembles the adult insect.
To protect the larva during its metamorphosis into an adult insect.
To protect the larva during its metamorphosis into an adult insect.
In the case of insects with complete metamorphosis (larva looks very different from the adult (caterpillar/butterfly) and the insect pupates) it's simply called a larva. In the case of incomplete metamorphosis (larva is a small wingless version of the adult, doesn't pupate but molts into final form) it's called a nymph, unless the larval stage is aquatic, like in dragon/damsel/mayflies and others, then it's called a naiad. Aquatic larvae of insects with complete metamorphosis such as mosquitos are still called larvae.
A nymph is a form of an insect in incomplete metamorphosis. It is when an insect like a grasshopper is in the stage of growing its wings. It is inbetween adult and egg.
A nymph is a form of an insect in incomplete metamorphosis. It is when an insect like a grasshopper is in the stage of growing its wings. It is inbetween adult and egg.
egg, nymph, and adult science is fun...
imcomplete metamorphosis :) -msd