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One of natures control methods to help maintain destructive pests populations below damaging levels is

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beneficial insects

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The stages of complete metamorphosis in insects are

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egg, larvae, pupae, adult.

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The insect stage most closely resembling the adult in appearance, habitat, and feeding, but without wings and size is the

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nymph

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The process by which an insect sheds its exoskeleton during growth is

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molting

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The larvae of a moth or butterfly is commonly called a

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caterpillar

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An example of a common beneficial insect is a

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parasitic wasp

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Examples of insects or insect-like pests with piercing-sucking mouthparts include: aphids, whiteflies, and scale, leaf miners, spider mites and mealybugs, spittlebugs, caterpillars and katydids, lacebugs, beetles, and slugs.

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aphids, whiteflies, and scale

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An insect that causes curling and deformation, as well as discoloration of the leaf on which it feeds, has a

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piercing-sucking mouthpart

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An insect with chewing mouthparts damages plants by

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removing portions of the plant tissues

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An insect that attaches itself to the host plant soon after hatching to suck plant sap, can be armored or soft bodied, and rarely moves from the feeding site during its entire life is a

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scale