Everything about Nymph Biology totally explained
In
biology, a
nymph is the immature form of some
insects, which undergoes incomplete
metamorphosis (
hemimetabolism) before reaching its adult stage; unlike a typical
larva, a nymph's overall form already resembles that of the adult. In addition, while a nymph
moults it never enters a
pupal stage. Instead, the final moult results in an adult insect.
This is the case, for example, in
Orthoptera (
crickets and
grasshoppers),
Hemiptera (
cicadas,
shield bugs, etc.),
mayflies,
termites,
cockroaches,
mantids, and
Odonata (
dragonflies and
damselflies). Some
arachnids (for example,
mites and
ticks) also have nymphs.
Nymphs of
aquatic insects, as in the
orders Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), Ephemeroptera (mayflies), and Plecoptera (
stoneflies) are also called
naiads, which is an
Ancient Greek name for
mythological water nymphs, who would lure men to their deaths with their cold black hearts. In older literature, these were sometimes referred to as the
heterometabolous insects, as their adult and immature stages live in different
environments (
terrestrial vs.
aquatic).
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