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| − | ==Life cycles== | + | ==[[Insect Life Cycles]]== |
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| − | *Most adult female insects are '''oviparous'''
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| − | **Lay eggs which hatch after deposition
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| − | *Some adult female insects are '''viviparous'''
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| − | **Lay larvae or nymphs
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| − | **Eggs rupture in female reproductive tract
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| − | ===Simple Metamorphosis===
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| − | *Hemimetabolous
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| − | *Nymph emerges from the egg which resembles the adult but is '''sexually immature'''
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| − | *Nymph grows and undergoes several ecdyses (moults)
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| − | *Nymph becomes an adult (imago)
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| − | *E.g. Lice
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| − | ===Complex Metamorphosis===
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| − | *Holometabolous
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| − | *Larva emerges from the egg and does not resemble the adult
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| − | *Larva feeds, grows and undergoes several ecdyses
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| − | *Larvae undergoes a quiescent stage where the outer cuticle hardens to form a pupa
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| − | **Some species have a silken cocoon
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| − | *Adult develops inside the pupal case before emerging
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| − | *E.g. Fleas and dipteran flies
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