Common insects can be divided into completely metamorphosed insects and incompletely metamorphosed insects according to their life history. The life history of incompletely metamorphosed insects is: egg-nymph (larval) - adult insect. Larvae in the second stage of life history are called nymphs.
Two broad-bellied mantis nymphs
Nymphs of insects grow into adults by molting. The number of molts varies depending on the insect nymph.
A locust nymph that is about to complete a molt
Among our more common insects, the ones that are incomplete metamorphic insects are:
Orthoptera: including locusts, cockroaches, crickets and other insects.
Cotton locust (Orthoptera/Locustidae)
Cone-headed locust (red posterior negative locust, orthoptera/negative locust family)
Bulbophyllum (male) (Orthoptera/Short-legged locust family)
White-striped locust (Orthoptera/Locustidae)
Rhododendron (Orthoptera/Rhodoptera)
Brown-backed crab (Orthoptera/Aphididae)
A certain type of cockroach (Orthoptera/Amaranthidae)
Pterophora (Orthoptera/Aphididae)
Small coffin-headed crickets (Orthoptera/Cricketidae)
Heptera: includes two major categories: Tsubaki (commonly known as stinky fart) and cicadas. It belongs to progressive metamorphic insects (a metamorphosis method among incomplete metamorphosis insects, the same below).
Leukophora (Hemiptera/Tsubakiidae)
Yellow-shielded Tsubaki (Hemiptera/Tsubakiidae)
Prawn shell Tsubaki (Hemiptera/Tsubakiidae)
Mobile phone shooting: Know it (Hemiptera/Cicada family)
Black-tailed leafhopper (Hemiptera/Leafhopper family)
Mobile phone shot: Trichocephalus (Hemiptera/Ceratophyllaceae)
Mobile phone shooting: Red-striped cicada (Hemiptera/Cicada family)
Mobile phone photography: Yellow-winged elephant cicada (Hemiptera/Cicada family)
Mobile phone photo: Wax cicada (Hemiptera/Moth wax cicada family)
Waxhopper (Hemiptera/Weevilidae)
Broad-winged waxhopper (Hemiptera/Broad-winged Waxhopper family)
Mantis order: Collectively: Mantis, belongs to the progressive metamorphosis of insects. The nymph molts several times (usually 7-9 times) to become an adult. Its appearance characteristics: the body is narrow and long, the head is inverted triangular, and the compound eyes are large and prominent.
Mobile phone shot: Micro-winged fleas
Mobile phone shooting: Soft mantis. Among the praying mantises, the mantis with a special appearance and appearance. Soft.
Lisboth
Mobile phone shooting: Large mantis
Mobile phone shooting: Brown Quiet Mantis
Large-toothed mantis
Bamboo program. Common name: stick insect. It is a progressive metamorphic insect. It has a slender body shape and looks like bamboo or branches. The compound eye is developed and the antennae are filamentous.
stick insect. Manual panoramic filming (a set of 5 photos) was taken
Mobile phone shooting: Stick worm
Our common cockroaches, commonly known as cockroaches, also belong to incomplete metamorphosis (progressive metamorphosis) insects. Cockroaches, which are common in the home, are only a small part of the cockroach order. The vast majority of cockroaches live outdoors in the mountains.
Mobile phone shooting: Some kind of cockroach (outdoor)
Mobile phone shooting: Striated cyanotic cockroach (outdoor)
Some insects have a nymph stage similar to that of adult insects in appearance and body color. In addition to their small size compared to adults, the main differences are that the wings have not yet grown and some organs have not yet matured. We can tell from the shape of the nymph what kind of insect it is.
Below we enjoy pictures of nymphs and adults of several common insects.
Locusts are the most familiar insects.
The world's largest locust, the cotton locust nymph
Cotton locust (adult)
Worm, just say this name, everyone may feel strange. Speaking of grasshoppers (a species of the family Podidae), it is familiar. Insects in the family Aphididae are common, but they are easily mistaken for locusts because they are not familiar.
Dewworm nymphs
Brown-veined dewhopper (adult). The tentacles of the dewhopper have white nodules
stick insect. It is so named after the appearance of bamboo or branches.
Stick worm nymphs
Mobile phone shooting: Stick insects (adult insects)
The beautiful spotted mantis, a beautiful mantis species, looks very peculiar, the compound eyes are conical upward protrusions, and there is a large eye-like marking in the middle of the forewing, which is very eye-catching.
Lily-eyed mantis, early nymph
Lisophopoda nymph
Lisa (adult)
Some insect nymphs molt process, like the "female eldest eighteen changes", each time the molt, will bring about changes in body color and marking color.
Such as: Lychee Tsubaki elephant
Mobile phone photo: A lychee elephant laying eggs. The number of eggs laid is 14
Mobile phone shooting: Lychee Tsubaki elephant, a young nymph, with a gray body color
Mobile phone shooting: Lychee Tsubaki elephant, early nymph, body color black
Mobile phone shooting: Lychee tsubaki elephant, middle-aged nymph
Mobile phone shooting: Lychee tsubaki elephant, end-aged nymph
Mobile phone shooting: Litchi Tsubaki elephant (adult)
The nymphs of some insects, transformed into adult insects, are completely transformed into shapes. As ordinary people, it is usually difficult for us to think of the appearance of the adult from the nymph, or to see the shadow of the nymph from the adult. This is easily felt in insects in the family Waxhopper family.
Like wax cicadas
Waxhopper nymphs have cotton-wool waxy velvet on their bodies, and a bunch of waxy lint of different shapes at the tail end of the abdomen. These waxy velvets do not disappear until they have feathered into adults.
Mobile phone shooting: Wax cicada nymph
Different wax cicadas will have different wax velvet shapes at the tail end of the abdomen. Slender filament-like, flocculent, peacock-like screen-like, very interesting and beautiful.
Wax cicada nymphs
Below we appreciate some of the wax cicada adults in the wax cicada family, can you find the shadow between them?
Broad-winged wax cicada
Striped broad-winged wax cicada
Nakano elephant wax cicada
Mobile phone shooting: Moth wax cicada
Mobile phone shooting: Liwen wide-winged wax cicada
Mobile phone shot: White mole broad-winged wax cicada
Lunar-like wax cicada (wax cicada family), also known as: wax cicada. The body color is brown, the front chest back plate has 3 white longitudinal stripes, the wings are transparent with obvious white veins, and the wings are black like a moon, so it is named: the moon pattern is like a wax cicada.
The moon is like a wax cicada nymph
The wings are black like a moon, hence the name: moon-like wax cicada (adult)
Filming location: Sanming, Fujian
Insect name: Gaga insect net
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