A cocoon is distinct from both a pupa and chrysalis. It is a hard, silk shell that a moth larva weaves around itself before it enters the pupa stage of metamorphosis.

Silver fish, grasshoppers, mantids and cockroaches are examples of these insects. Their young – called nymphs – look like ...

Also called the pintail beetle, this creature is renowned for its tumbling, flipping, turning and jumping motions when it is ...

Beetles are also defined by their ability to through a four-stage life cycle: the eggs, the larva, the pupa, and the final metamorphosis into an adult. This entire process can take anywhere ...

The life cycle of insects with complete metamorphosis includes egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Eggs hatch to give rise to a worm-like larva. The larva feeds and molts (sheds exoskeleton, or outer skin, ...

Larvae (maggots): The larvae of flies hatch from eggs as maggots. ... Adult: Flies emerge from the pupa as adults to begin the cycle over again. Female house flies can lay up to 150 eggs per batch.