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What is metamorphosis?

Updated: 9/11/2023
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8y ago

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I define metamorphosis as changes of the insects there are 2 kinds of metamorphosis there is complete metamorphosis that has 4 stages andthe incomplete metamorphosis that has only 3 stages

Incomplete:

egg = imago/nymph = adult

Complete:

egg = larva = pupa = adult

Larva-the second stage among few insects with corresponding larval terms.

*caterpillar- butterfly

*maggot- fly

*wriggler- mosquito

Chrysalis- the protective covering of a butterfly.

Imago- insect in its mature and its typically winged state.

Pupa stage- stage by which the animal stays in its cocoon.

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2y ago

It means change of physical form, usually used for the process

by which an insect changes its form from larva to pupa to imago, or

other animal transitions (e.g. tadpole to frog).

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It means change of physical form, usually used for the process by which an insect changes its form from larva to pupa to imago, or other animal transitions (e.g. tadpole to frog).

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15y ago

When an animal, insects specifically, changes from on thing to another. eg. a caterpillar into a butterfly.

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