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Life Cycles of Insects

What are life cycles?

A series of changes a living

thing goes through as it grows

and develops

What is the

human life cycle?

Infant Child

Teenager

Adult Senior Citizen

There are 3 different insect

life cycles…

A simple change

An incomplete change

A complete change

A Silverfish goes through a simple

change: as it grows, only its size

changes.

Egg

Young

Adult

A grasshopper goes through an

incomplete change: as it grows, it

changes in size and develops wings.

Egg

Nymph

Adult

Some other insects that go

through an incomplete

change:

Crickets

Cockroaches

Walking sticks

Praying mantis

Dragonfly

A butterfly goes through a complete

change: the adult looks very different

from the young insect.

Egg

Larva

Pupa Adult

Most insects go through a

complete change. Beetles

Ladybugs

Fleas

Bees

Wasps

Ants

Flies

Fireflies

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