Deciding What to Do > Pests > insects
 
 
In general management is most successful when controlling the juvenile insect.
 
Simple
Metamorphosis

The juveniles look and act similar to the adults.

So control will be similar for both the juveniles and adults.
Complete Metamorphosis

The juveniles look and act very different than the adults. Like in the case of the moth, we saw the adults, but it was the juveniles we need to find and control.

So, control will be different from the juveniles and the adults. We may see the adults, but we want to control the juveniles.
 
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