1) Ametabolous
•Ametabolous = ‘No Metamorphosis’
•Very minor changes in form
•Immature instars differing from adults only in size
•Immature : emerges from the egg looks like a tiny
version of the adult.
• Adult : It will molt and grow until it reaches sexual
maturity.
Egg Nymph (young) Adult
•Examples: silverfish, firebrats, and springtails.
Ametabolous (Silverfish)
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•Incomplete metamorphosis Incomplete metamorphosis / / simple metamorphosissimple metamorphosis
•The immature undergo gradual change into adult by a The immature undergo gradual change into adult by a
series of instars series of instars (growing stages) and (growing stages) and moltsmolts. .
•The The immatureimmature stages of these insects are spent in stages of these insects are spent in waterwater, ,
while the while the adultadult are are aerialaerial..
Eggs Eggs Nymphs Nymphs Adults Adults
•Examples: Examples: mayfly, dragonflies , damselfliesmayfly, dragonflies , damselflies, ,
2) Hemimetabolous
Aquatic
Aerial
Mayfly
•The The nymphsnymphs : :
- stage where the growth happens- stage where the growth happens
- often called - often called naiadsnaiads
- Appearance different from adult- Appearance different from adult
- aquatic - aquatic breath via breath via gillsgills
Dragonfly Mayfly
Hemimetabolous (mayfly)
Hemimetabolous (dragonfly)
• A simple, gradual, direct metamorphosis
Eggs Nymphs Adults
• Nymphs:
- resembles adult in general body form
- lack wings and external genital
appendages
• Example: True bugs and (Hemiptera), Cockroach ,
Grasshoppers
3) Paurometabolous
Paurometabolous
(Stinkbug – Hemiptera)
Paurometabolous
(Grasshopper-Orthoptera)
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Paurometabolous
(Jerman Cockroach-Orthoptera)
•Holometabolous (Holometabolous (holoholo = = totaltotal) – ) – Complete Complete
•Most insects undergo complete metamorphosisMost insects undergo complete metamorphosis
egg egg larva larva pupa pupa adult adult
•Each stage Each stage looks different looks different from the others ( Immature from the others ( Immature
stage different from adults)stage different from adults)
4) Holometabolous
Holometabolous
Larvae : Larvae : - Each - Each larval instar larval instar resemble one anotherresemble one another
- habitats and food sources may be - habitats and food sources may be entirely entirely
different different
- Larvae grow and - Larvae grow and molt molt (multiple times)(multiple times)
- No wings- No wings
Unique name of the larvae :Unique name of the larvae :
-- butterfly & moths butterfly & moths caterpillarcaterpillar
-- flyfly maggotsmaggots
- - beetlesbeetles grubsgrubs
The life cycle of butterfly...
Begins as
an egg...
Then it grows
into a
caterpillar...
The
Caterpillar
makes a
cocoon...
Then after
time,
a butterfly
emerges...
eggs
larva
pupa
adult
Molting Process
Differences between simple and
complete metamorphosis
SIMPLE COMPLETE
Egg – nymph – adult Egg – larva – pupa – adult
No pupal stage Pupa stage inactive before it
becomes adult
The larval stages, which are
called nymphs, look very
similar to the adult insect
The immature stages are totally
different in appearance and life
style from the adults.
The wing develop externally
and first appear as a small
outgrowths in an early instars.
Wing develop internally within
the pupae in a folded condition,
so that when the adult emerges
it is fully winged.
Example: crickets, plant bugsBeetle, moths
Types of Larvae
Types of Larvae
Carabiform:
• resembles the larvae of carabids (Carabidae)
• similar to Campodeiform but have a shorter legs
and cerci
Platyform:
• larvae with flattened bodies
• with or without short thoracic legs
• examples – certain Lepidoptera, Diptera and
Coleoptera
Types of Pupae
• Classified based on presence or absence of
articulated mandibles
Decticous – have articulated mandibles, to
escape from cocoon
Adectious – do not have articulated mandibles
• Types of pupae:
1. Exarate
2. Obtect
3. Coarctate
Types of Pupae
Exarate:
• pupae have legs, wing pads and antennae free
• appendages free (not covered by cocoon)
• complete metamorphosis
• example: Coleoptera
Obtect:
• appendages adhere closely to body
• have legs, wing pads and antennae glue to body
(covered by cocoon)
•example: Lepidoptera
Coarctate:
• pupae remain in hardened larval skin or cuticle
• example: Diptera