They undergo big body changes to become adults. An insect that does that is holometabolous. “Millions of years ago, holometabolous insects split up their duties between the immatures and the adults,” ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

The external morphology of the last instar larva and pupa of Tipula (Lunatipula) georgiana is described and illustrated, with brief comments concerning the oak - hickory woodland habitats of the ...

The larva and pupa of Culicoides bambusicola are redescribed and illustrated, including photomicrographies, based on the examination with both Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and phase-contrast ...