Insect Life Cycle

The stage during the life cycle of an insect between the larva and the adult.

• Egg

• Adult

• Pupa

A young animal that will eventually undergo metamorphosis.

• larva

• leaf

• adult

A process in which an animal’s body undergoes dramatic changes during its life.

• offspring

• life cycle

• metamorphosis

Q4:The process of shedding an exoskeleton in order to grow.

• decompose

• molt

• chrysalis

The type of change some insects go through which involves four stages.

• incomplete metamorphosis

• complete metamorphosis

• full metamorphosis

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A new organism that is product of male and female parents.

• molt

• metamorphosis

• offspring

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Egg, nymph, and adult are all stages in....

• incomplete metamorphosis

• molting

• complete metamorphosis

Dragonflies, grasshoppers, and damselflies go through....

• incomplete metamorphosis

• complete metamorphosis

• full metamorphosis

Bees, flies, butterflies, and beetles all go through....

• full metamorphosis

• incomplete metamorphosis

• complete metamorphosis

The first stage in the life cycle of the butterfly is ....

• nymph

• egg

• larva

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