Insect Larvae, Nymphs, and Pupae
This list includes all kinds of insect larvae and pupae! Insects can have complete (holometabolous) or incomplete (hemimetabolous) metamorphosis. Complete metamorphosis includes egg-larva-pupa-adult. The stages of incomplete metamorphosis are: egg-nymph-adult.
Christine Young created this list 6 years ago
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Lacewing larvae -
Larva of Fungus Beetle -
Large Milkweed Bug Nymph - Oncopeltus fasciatus -
Gypsy Moth Pupa - Lymantria dispar -
Stinging Slug Caterpillar - Chibiraga sp. -
Portuguese Helmet Treehopper Nymph (Membracis dorsata) -
Red Slug Caterpillar - Eterusia sp. -
Bubble Gum? -
Caterpillar -
Banded Woolly Bear - Pyrrharctia isabella -
Ladybird emerging from pupae. -
Green Shield Bug - Final instar nymph -
Monarch Chrysalis - Danaus plexippus -
Mosaic Leafhopper Nymph - Orientus ishidae -
Ornidia obesa -
Buff ermine moth caterpillar -
Dock bug and shield bug nymphs, Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands -
Monarch Caterpillar - Danaus plexippus -
Vernal Shieldbug (Peribalus strictus) - Final instar -
Odontotarsus eggs hatching -
Red Admiral caterpillar, Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands -
Rusty Tussock Moth, Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands -
ladybug larve on mealy bugs -
Wormwood Pug Moth larva (Eupithecia absinthiata)