Insect Life Cycles

What makes the adult stage of an insect different from the previous stages? Adult insects–

• need the most food

• can reproduce

• don't have wings

• are unable to move

This image shows a monarch caterpillar.

A caterpillar represents which stage in the monarch’s life cycle?

• An egg

• A larva

• A pupa

• An adult

Some insects, such as grasshoppers, only have three stages in their life cycles. Instead of a larva and a pupa stage, they have a nymph stage. During the nymph stage, the young grasshopper looks like a smaller version of the adult, but it does not have any-

• 
  legs.

• antenna.

• eyes.

• wings.

The diagram shows an insect going through metamorphosis.

The life cycle begins when the beetle produces-

• eggs.

• a larva.

• a pupa

• an adult.

For a monarch caterpillar to transform into a butterfly, it must pass through a stage that is sometimes called a chrysalis. This image shows a monarch chrysalis.

The chrysalis represents which stage in the life cycle of the butterfly?

• egg

• larva

• pupa

• adult

Match the following

• An organism’s stages of growth

• Growth

• An increase in size or amount

• Insect

• An animal with 6 legs and 3 body parts

• Stage

• A specific time during life or growth

• Life cycle

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