HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Metamorphosis: The changes in form that occur as an insect approaches adulthood. When the immature insects and the adults are similar in appearance, the process is called simple metamorphosis, and the juvenile insects are called nymphs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Insects fall into one of two categories depending upon their life styles: 4 stage life cycle (complete metamorphosis). The four stages are egg, larva, pupa and adult.

Detailed explanation-3: -metamorphosis, in biology, striking change of form or structure in an individual after hatching or birth. Hormones called molting and juvenile hormones, which are not species specific, apparently regulate the changes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Metamorphosis is a process by which animals undergo extreme, rapid physical changes some time after birth. The result of metamorphosis may be change to the organism’s entire body plan, such as a change in the animal’s number of legs, its means of eating, or its means of breathing.