Deciding What to Do > Pests > Insects
Insects change in shape and or size as they grow older. There are two major life-cycles that insects can go through.


Simple Metamorphosis The juvenile looks and lives like the adult (True bugs, cockroaches, earwigs and aphids) Egg Juveniles (stages: nymphs) Adults |
Complete Metamorphosis The juvenile looks and lives very different than the adult (Beatles, flies, moths, ants and fleas) Egg Larva (stages: instars) Pupa Adult |
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