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cocoon
A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults. -
complete metamorphosis
physical changes in the development of certain insects that include egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages, as in beetles, moths, or bees -
eclosion
the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case. -
heterometabolous
undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage. -
incomplete metamorphosis
insect development, as in the grasshopper and cricket, in which the change is gradual and characterized by the absence of a pupal stage. Compare complete metamorphosis. -
prepupa
an insect in the nonfeeding, inactive stage between the larval period and the pupal period.