Adults mate and lay eggs. An insect with incomplete metamorphosis has 3 life stages: egg, nymphs, and adult (no pupa). Eggs hatch to a small nymph, which resembles (not perfectly) what the adult will ...

Mayflies don't bite and adults only live for a day, but you don't want to get stuck in a swarm. Here's what to know about the ...

In fly fishing, a nymph is both an aquatic insect in its larval stage and any fly pattern that mimics it. The three main categories of insects that trout gobble from coast to coast are mayflies ...

This Malayan jungle nymph may look like a rather prickly character, but the species is actually a gentle giant. In fact, it’s one of the largest and heaviest insects in its family, weighing up to 65 ...

Discover the fascinating life cycle of dragonflies, from their underwater nymph stage to becoming agile mosquito hunters.

Ruru Kuo/The New York Times At this time of year, spotted lanternflies have just hatched and are in their early nymph phase. The tiny black insects are dotted with white spots during this stage ...

The larva stage refers to the hatching eggs that are aquatic and called nymphs. They live in the water and feed on small aquatic animals, such as tadpoles, insects and small fish. They undergo ...

Like other scale insects, the first-instar (first-stage) nymphs have legs and are mobile. These crawlers emerge from under the “mother scale” and disperse within a day or two. Effective ...