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*Most adult female insects are '''oviparous'''
**Lay eggs which hatch after deposition

*Some adult female insects are '''viviparous'''
**Lay larvae or nymphs
**Eggs rupture in female reproductive tract

===Simple Metamorphosis===

*Hemimetabolous

*Nymph emerges from the egg which resembles the adult but is '''sexually immature'''

*Nymph grows and undergoes several ecdyses (moults)

*Nymph becomes an adult (imago)

*E.g. Lice

===Complex Metamorphosis===

*Holometabolous

*Larva emerges from the egg and does not resemble the adult

*Larva feeds, grows and undergoes several ecdyses

*Larvae undergoes a quiescent stage where the outer cuticle hardens to form a pupa
**Some species have a silken cocoon

*Adult develops inside the pupal case before emerging

*E.g. Fleas and dipteran flies[[Category:Insecta]]
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