EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Three phases comprise incomplete metamorphosis: egg, nymph, and adult. The four phases of complete metamorphosis are egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Incomplete metamorphosis permits some of the insect’s exoskeleton to persist throughout its life cycle.

Detailed explanation-2: -The complete metamorphosis occurs through four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The incomplete metamorphosis occurs through three stages: egg, nymph, and adult. The pupa stage is not developed during incomplete metamorphosis.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first stage of incomplete metamorphosis is the egg. During this time, the insect will hatch into a form called a nymph. The nymph is basically a small version of the adult insect. This is very similar to how a child looks like his or her parents.

Detailed explanation-4: -Incomplete metamorphosis is a type of metamorphosis in which an insect hatches from an egg and then goes through several nymphal stages. Each nymphal stage looks like a small version of the adult but getting slightly bigger with age. At the final nymphal stage the insect then moults into the adult form.

Detailed explanation-5: -Unlike a typical larva, a nymph’s overall form already resembles that of the adult, except for a lack of wings (in winged species). In addition, while a nymph moults, it never enters a pupal stage. Instead, the final moult results in an adult insect. Nymphs undergo multiple stages of development called instars.