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Nymph
* All nymphs are aquatic, and resemble the adults in many respects.
* Most nymph becomes mature adults.
* Most nymph feeds on detrituses
  - live prey
  - organic detrituses
  - goes through immature stages
* Most nymph has different size
  - mouthparts
  - pierce mouthparts
  - wings
  - inhabits sandy bottoms
  - reaches adulthood
* Most nymph requires oxygenate water
  - varies in color
* Most nymphs develop into wingless adults
  - gradually grow wing pads and then transform into winged termites called alates
  - occur under stones in well aerated streams
* Some nymph feeds on mites.
* Some nymph has antennas
  - front legs
  - gills
  - predator fish
  - skin
* Some nymph has strong front legs
  - structures
  - tubes
  - lives in water
  - resembles wingless adults
  - varies in length
  - nymphs even hunt on land
* Some nymphs live in burrows in the mud, while others live in quiet or swift waters
  - underwater for three years or more
  - make hinged trapdoors which they can pull down for protection
* again seek a host, feed, drop to the ground, molt and become adults.
* appear dark gray and pale banded between abdominal segments.
* appear in large numbers in autumn and early winter
  - late spring
  - similar in shape to adults but lack wings and are generally gray in color
* are about the size of an aphid
  - abundant
* are active during blooming
  - in the spring
  - almost constantly in motion and are active throughout the day and night
  - also green and wingless, lacking the enlarged prothorax
  - always wingless
  - at first mobile and then settle down by inserting their stylets into plant cells
* are baby lice that mature in about seven days
* are bright red but become darker with maturity
  - by legend a favorite chase of satyrs, and are slender and lithe
  - dark green with a light-colored stripe running down the back
  - darker than the adults, wingless, and usually covered with spines
  - devoured in turn by many carnivorous animals , especially fishes
  - difficult to distinguish from adults, but are generally smaller and lighter in color
  - dragonfly babies that live in the water and have no wings
  - easy to remove by hand-picking
  - even smaller with small wing buds
  - extremely beautiful females
  - flat and oval and appear glued to the lower leaf surface
  - flat, elliptical and scale-like
  - generally lighter green in color
* are green in color with black spots
  - or dull orange
  - heavily spined and shaped somewhat similar to the adults
  - just baby insects
* are less mobile and easier to control
  - than two millimeters in size
  - mainly responsible for infecting humans with Borrelia burgdorferi
* are more likely to be found feeding on the undersides of leaves
  - feed on humans than larva
  - rounded and colored red and black when young
* are most active in spring and summer
  - numerous on the undersides of leaves but can occur on shaded upper leaf surfaces
* are mostly black and spiny
  - shiny brown, broadly oval, flat and spiny
  - normally green, but at high densities their color shifts to orange
  - often white
* are oval and black with a white waxy fringe
  - shiny yellowish to reddish brown
  - shaped with coloration similar to adults, but are smaller and wingless
  - pale and wingless, with red eyes
* are pale green in colour
  - with a reddish head and legs
  - yellow to green
  - paler, are shorter bodied, and lack the long caudal siphon
  - pear-shaped like adults, wingless
* are present and active during the summer months
  - only in the spring
  - red-tinged
  - reddish-brown
  - responsible for most damage that is usually apparent in the spring
  - round and bluish-gray with red marks
  - sexually mature in two to four months and full grown in a year
  - similar but smaller
* are similar in appearance to adults except that they are smaller and lack wings
  - the adults but lack fully developed wings
  - appearance, but smaller
  - color but have no wings
  - shape, form, color and habits but have no wings
  - structure but smaller than the adult
* are similar to adults although some nymphs are smaller
  - and molt into their wings
* are similar to adults but are smaller and wingless
  - smaller and white in colour
  - without wings
* are similar to adults except in size
  - that they lack a complete set of wings
  - with wing buds developing with each molt finally becoming full wings
  - apterae in appearance except that they are smaller
  - slightly smaller than the adult but similar in shape
  - slow growing and can take nine months or more to become adults
* are small, non-motile, and nearly the same color as the foliage
  - wingless versions of adults
  - wingless, teardrop-shaped, ranging in color from yellow orange to brown in color
* are smaller and light brown in color
  - but closely resemble adults
* are smaller than adults and are yellow or amber colored
  - the wingless adult but similar in shape and color
  - versions of the adults and larvae resemble nymphs but have only six legs
  - smaller, oval, and spiny
  - solid bright red and develop black markings and wings as they mature
* are spiny and much darker than the adults
* are the immature form of the adult species
  - forms of the kudzu bug which hatch from the eggs
  - size of a poppy seed
  - tiny and tear drop-shaped
  - translucent, oval in outline, and very thin
  - usually green with numerous black spots on their backs
* are very difficult to detect and easily overlooked
  - kill with pyrethroids
  - effective to fish pre-hatch, especially in still waters
  - similar to the adults, except they are smaller and lack fully developed wings
  - small and like to stay close to the scalp where they feed
  - whitish green and wingless
  - wingless and gray, having a body shape similar to the adults
* are wingless, but otherwise similar to the adults
  - uniformly brown colored, and run very fast
  - yellow or pinkish red, with a light colored band across their backs
* becomes adults
* begin feeding immediately after emerging from eggs
  - hatching during bloom and continue to hatch into the petal fall period
  - sucking blood immediately
* complete the same cycle as do the larvae.
* continue to be the fly of choice
  - feed on the host through all instars
* cover themselves with white, cotton-like secretions.
* crawl from the water onto a partially submerged rock or log to emerge into adults.
* develop faster in areas that are humid
  - on grasses and vegetable crops
  - prominent black dots on the top of the thorax and abdomen
  - their wax overcoat slowly as they mature into the final adult stage
  - through five growth stages, or instars, and have incomplete metamorphosis
* develop through five instars over a period of five to six weeks
  - that resemble adults but aresmaller and oval
  - several wingless instars before becoming sexually mature winged adults
  - throughout the summer and overwinter as last instars
* differ in appearance from the adults in that the wings are absent or in a reduced form.
* does damage
  - little damage
* eat a young fruit and flowers, etc and adults eat other small insects or caterpillars
  - other underwater life forms such as mosquito larva
* emerge from the oothecae as tiny insects.
* emerge in early spring and feed on undersides of leaves
  - five to seven days and flatten themselves against the leaf to feed
  - the spring and feed on developing buds, flowers, and new leaves
  - within five to seven days
* feed and develop during the summer
  - winter and mature by spring
  - grow through the summer, and mature into adults in the fall
  - mature through five instars in about six to eight weeks
  - molt five times before becoming adults
  - move as a colony, guided by the adult female
* feed for at least a month and develop through four instars before becoming adults
  - five to eight weeks before entering the adult stage
  - four to five days and then drop from the plant to pupate in the soil
  - from buds and young leaves
  - on small aquatic organisms, and occasionally tadpoles and small fish
* free themselves from the oothecae by working in concert.
* get wing pads at the fifth molt.
* go from one stage to the next by moulting, changing their skin.
* go through seven molts before becoming adults, which takes approximately one year
  - three instars and a pupa stage before reaching adulthood
  - multiple stages
  - several stages
  - suck mouthparts
* have a dull, brick-red bodies with relatively long legs and antennae
  - prehensile labium, adapted for seizing prey
  - beautifully complex body shapes, with gills for breathing underwater, and no wings
  - bright red abdomens
  - eight instars requiring three years for the life cycle
  - long cylindrical bodies
  - much longer antennae, functioning mouthparts and are aquatic
  - no wings and readily run backwards, sideways, or forward when disturbed
  - nonfunctional wing pads whereas adults have fully developed, functional wings
  - similar appearance to adults, but smaller and paler
  - six legs, and adults have eight legs
  - spiny projections arising over the body
  - stubby egg-shaped bodies
* have the ability to sway males of any race to do what they want
  - same type of mouthparts as the adult, and they both eat the same kind of food
* inhabits bottoms
  - river bottoms
* is insects
  - larvas
* live in a pond or stream
  - the water and eat small fish
  - inside leaf galls throughout the summer months
  - under rocks or in sediments
* look like adults except smaller, and lack wings
  - only smaller
  - without wings which they eventually molt into
  - adults, though they lack a few small characteristics
  - miniature adults without wings
* look like small adult lice, but are only about the size of a pinhead
  - versions of adult crickets with a few differences
  - small, wingless adults
  - the adults but are without wings
  - tiny adults without wings
* look much like adult water scorpions, though smaller, of course
  - adults except for color, being white to olive green to grayish brown
  - nearly identical to their parents except in size
* look similar to adults, but they are smaller, lighter in color, and wingless
  - mature adults, but lack fully-developed wings
  - very similar to adults
* lose the bacteria when they molt.
* make up a big part of the diets of many fish, including trout, bass, and panfish.
* occur in late spring and summer, and are about the size of a poppy seed.
* often catch fish when nothing else does
  - congregate at the bottom of building walls
* pass through five instars
  - nymphal instars before molting into the adult stage
* pass through five stages and reach adulthood by late august
  - four to five moults before reaching adulthood
  - two moults
* progress through five instars before becoming adults
* reach adulthood in six to eight weeks
  - maturity in five to ten months, with faster maturation at higher temperatures
* remain underground until they are ready to molt to adults.
* require a blood meal in order to molt and reach the next level of development
  - five to six weeks to mature into adults
* resemble adult mole crickets with less-developed wings
  - scale insects but are smaller and female nymphs lack the spot
* resemble adults but are much smaller and lack fully developed wings
* resemble adults except for their smaller size, lack of wings, and are paler in color
* resemble adults except they are smaller and lack wings
  - in habits and appearance but are smaller and wingless
  - adults, but have few legs and are considerably smaller
  - aphids but are much more active than aphids
  - miniature, wingless adults
  - the adult form but are smaller and lack fully developed wings
* resemble the adults but are yellow in colour
  - except for size and the absence of wings
  - in shape but are smaller
  - wingless adults except for their smaller size
  - wingless adults but are somewhat smaller
* secrete several types of waxy structures.
* seek shelter and are inactive until the following spring.
* shows characteristics.
* soon cover themselves with white, cotton-like secretions.
* start out life as a plain tan color but slowly molt to become very incredible looking adults.
* take bluegills wherever the panfish are found.
* tend to move sideways and quickly retreat to the opposite side of the leaf when disturbed
  - remain concentrated near the head region
* vary in color as they mature.
* walk sideways or backwards to hide on the underside of the leaves.
+ Metamorphosis, Insects, Incomplete metamorphosis or 'hemimetabolism': Developmental biology :: Animal anatomy
  * Insects with incomplete metamorphosis have three life stages. These insects start as eggs, which are usually very small. When the egg hatches, a larva or nymph comes out. Nymphs are just baby insects. Most of the time, the nymph looks similar to the adult, but it is smaller, may have different colouration, and does not have wings. Finally, it changes into a mature adult with wings.