To stay out of trouble we'll use insect. In the usual sequence the adult female insect lays from a few to several hundred eggs. A larva or nymph emerges from each egg. Nymphs grow and molt several times before becoming adults. After a period of time an adult insect emerges from the now empty shell of the pupa.
Insects come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
To apply the best control or preventive measures, an accurate identification is needed. This book can assist in identifying the more common insect pests of trees in Florida. As few words as possible of entomological jargon are used in the book. Some words creep in because nobody else has come up with better ones. Besides the names given for life stages in Figure 5, the following terms are absolutely necessary.