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A dragonfly in its final moult, undergoing metamorphosis, it begins transforming from its nymph form to an adult. Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. [1]
Lifestages of a holometabolous insect ().Egg is not shown. Third, fourth, and fifth images depict different ages of pupae. Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis, is a form of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult).
Holometabola (from Ancient Greek holo-"complete" + metabolḗ "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from endo-"inner" + ptéryg-"wing" + Neo-Latin-ota "-having"), is a supra-ordinal clade of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages.
Metamorphosis, a student film by Barry Greenwald, winner of the Short Film Palme d'Or; Metamorphosis, a 1987 TV movie adaptation of the Kafka story, directed by Jim Goddard
Chrysoperla carnea, one of the species of common green lacewing, [1] [2] is an insect in the Chrysopidae family. Although the adults feed on nectar, pollen and aphid honeydew, the larvae are active predators and feed on aphids and other small insects.
Metamorphosis II is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher.It was created between November, 1939 and March, 1940. The print measures 19.2 by 389.5 centimetres (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 12 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and was printed from 20 blocks on 3 combined sheets.
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung), also translated as The Transformation, [1] is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915.One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and struggles to adjust to ...
X-ray image of salamander. The skin lacks scales and is moist and smooth to the touch, except in newts of the Salamandridae, which may have velvety or warty skin, wet to the touch.