Nymph (biology)

See also: Nymph

In Biology, the nymph represents the stage of the intermediate development between the Larve and the Imago at the time of the driven of metamorphosis of the Insecte S Holométabole S. the stage nymphal thus starts with the moult of a larva in nymph ( moults nymphale or nymphose ) and ends in the moult of the nymph in Imago ( moults imaginale or driven adult ). One of the characteristics of the nymph is that it does not nourish (its oral parts and its digestive tract undergo also an important metamorphosis) and that it lives on its reserves.

The nymph of the Lépidoptères is often called Chrysalide. In the flies, the equivalent of the nymph is the Pupe, with an important difference however, since it remains inside the larval last cuticule (absence of exuviation nymphale).

See also: Amorce=Attention, the foreign languages allot another significance to '' nymph '', '' pupa '' and with their equivalents: to see, Pupe

The word nymph is sometimes also used (especially in the translated texts of the foreign literature) to indicate the immature forms (larvae) insects Hémimétabole S having wing outlines (such as for example at the Termite S, the Criquet S and the Sauterelle S, at which the wings appear gradually), but which, in this case, are nourished.

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