Written by: Carole Flores
Adult: fully grown.
Complete metamorphosis: a change in body form with four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Egg: a female gamete, which keeps all the parts of a cell after fusing with a sperm.
Exoskeleton: hard body covering... more
Incomplete metamorphosis: a change in body form with three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.
Larva: the second, "worm-like" stage in the life cycle of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis (like caterpillars).
Metamorphosis: dramatic change in body form... more
Pupa: resting stage during which tissues are reorganized from larval form to adult form. The pupa is the third body form in the life cycle of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis (like caterpillars).
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This set of bits will teach you about the set of changes insects and some other animals experience during development: metamorphosis. To learn more about the science behind metamorphosis, visit Metamorphosis: Nature's Ultimate Transformer.
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- Article: Metamorphosis Bits
- Author(s): Carole Flores
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: 15 May, 2015
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- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/biology-bits/metamorphosis-bits
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Carole Flores. (Fri, 05/15/2015 - 10:19). Metamorphosis Bits. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/biology-bits/metamorphosis-bits
American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/
Chicago Manual of Style
Carole Flores. "Metamorphosis Bits". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 15 May 2015. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/biology-bits/metamorphosis-bits
For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/04/
MLA 2017 Style
Carole Flores. "Metamorphosis Bits". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 15 May 2015. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/biology-bits/metamorphosis-bits
Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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