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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
