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*Most adult female insects are '''oviparous'''
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Most adult female insects are '''oviparous''', meaning they lay eggs which hatch after deposition
**Lay eggs which hatch after deposition
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*Some adult female insects are '''viviparous'''
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Some adult female insects are '''viviparous''', they lay larvae or nymphs, and the eggs rupture in female reproductive tract
**Lay larvae or nymphs
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**Eggs rupture in female reproductive tract
      
===Simple Metamorphosis===
 
===Simple Metamorphosis===
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*Hemimetabolous
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Hemimetabolous; nymphs emerge from the eggs which resemble the adult but are '''sexually immature'''. The nymph grows and undergoes several ecdyses, also known as moults. The nymphs becomes adults.
 
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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
      
===Complex Metamorphosis===
 
===Complex Metamorphosis===
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*Holometabolous
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Holometabolous; larva emerge from the eggs and do not resemble the adults.  The larva feed, grow and undergoes several ecdysesLarvae undergoes a quiescent stage where the outer cuticle hardens to form a pupa, some species have a silken cocoon.  The adult develops inside the pupal case before emerging e.g. Fleas and dipteran flies[[Category:Insecta]]
 
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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[[Category:Insecta]]
   
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