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Last molting of a cicada giving rise to the winged imago. In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also called the imaginal stage ("imaginal" being "imago" in adjective form), the stage in which the insect attains maturity.
Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis, is a form of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult). Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in the superorder Holometabola. Immature stages of holometabolous insects are very different from the mature stage.
Pipsqueak (voiced by Gabriel Luque) – A tiny anthropomorphic great horned owl. Ma (voiced by Lainie Kazan) – A anthropomorphic dove and Pesto and Sasha's mother, who lives in Miami Beach, Florida. Steven Seagull (voiced by David Kaufman) – A anthropomorphic seagull and Pesto and Sasha's stepfather, a parody of Steven Seagal.
pl. adelphiae A bundle or structure of stamens forming one unit in an adelphous flower; for example, the stamen tube around the pistil of Hibiscus. adelphous Having organs, particularly filament s such as stamen s, connected into one or more adelphiae, whether in the form of bunches or tubes, such as is commonly seen in families such as Malvaceae. Usage of the term is not consistent; some ...
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia. [ 1 ] Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots.
Synonyms. Muscivora forficata. The scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), known as swallow-tailed flycatcher or scissorstail, is a long-tailed insectivorous bird of the genus Tyrannus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. Its scientific name used to be Muscivora forficata until it was changed to Tyrannus forficatus.
Papilio bennetti Dixey, 1898. Early instar of Papilio demodocus larva. Papilio demodocus, the citrus swallowtail or Christmas butterfly, is a swallowtail butterfly which commonly occurs over the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, including Madagascar, besides the southern Arabian Peninsula.
Luehdorfia japonica. Leech, 1889 [2] The Japanese luehdorfia (Luehdorfia japonica) is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Parnassiinae of Papilionidae. It is found only in Japan. [3] It was discovered by Yasushi Nawa in Japan's Gifu Prefecture in 1883. [4] It is also known as the Gifu butterfly (岐阜蝶 or ギフチョウ, Gifu Chō ...