Insect Life Cycles

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Insect Life Cycles

• By Miss. Telles

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Life Cycles

• Incomplete Metamorphosis
• Complete Metamorphosis
• No Metamorphosis??

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Incomplete Metamorphosis

• Eggs
• Early nymph (no wings)
• Late nymph (wings developing)
• Adult

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Incomplete Metamorphosis
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What is a nymph?

• Resembles the adult.
• Lacks wings.
• Will go through a series of molts before it
  develops into an adult.

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Incomplete Metamorphosis Examples

• Grasshoppers
• Crickets
• Praying mantis
• Aphids

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Complete Metamorphosis

• Eggs
• Larva
• Pupa
• Adult

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Complete Metamorphosis
Pupa
Larva
Adult
Egg
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Complete Metamorphosis Examples

• Butterflies
• Mosquitoes
• Bees

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What is a larva?

• It is when the young insect had a soft tubular
  body and looks very much like a worm.

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What is the Pupa stage?

• It is when the larva matures and passes through a
  dormant stage. For butterflies this involves the
  making of a cocoon.

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What is the adult?

• The adult is the fully developed insect.
• Usually has one function which is to produce eggs.