Assertion: mayfly's stage | /r/Synonym | instar
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text: They grow in stages that are called instars.
text: The veins carry haemolymph, which is analogous to blood in vertebrates and carries out many similar functions, but which also serves a hydraulic function to expand the body between nymphal stages (instars) and to expand and stiffen the wings after the adult emerges from the final nymphal stage.
text: The developmental stages of naiads are known as instars.
text: Cicadas go through several stages of development, called instars.
text: The nymph grows through stages called instars, shedding its 'skin' (epicuticle) at each stage (ecdysis).