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nymph
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immature form of insects and some other invertebrates
A nymph is the immature form of certain insects and other invertebrates that gradually changes into its adult form through molting rather than undergoing a dramatic transformation. Understanding nymphs matters because they make up a significant part of an organism's life cycle and help us recognize and study these creatures at different life stages.
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Research
11,712 papers- Double anus in an Ixodes scapularis nymph, a medically important tick vector.Parasites & vectors · 2021
- The nymph, habitat, and status of Eatonigenia in China (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae).Zootaxa · 2016
- First description of the nymph and larva of Dermacentor raskemensis (Acari: Ixodidae), parasites of pikas and other small mammals in Central Asia.Journal of medical entomology · 2013
- Identification and profiling of Sogatella furcifera microRNAs and their potential roles in regulating the developmental transitions of nymph-adult.Insect molecular biology · 2022
- Stink Bugs Nymph and Adult Biology and Adult Preference on Cultivated Crop Plants in the Southern Brazilian Neotropics.Environmental entomology · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
Two Schistocerca gregaria nymphs beside an adult In biology, a nymph (from Ancient Greek νύμφα nūmphē meaning "bride") is the juvenile form of some invertebrates, particularly insects, which undergoes gradual metamorphosis (hemimetabolism) before reaching its adult stage. Unlike a typical larva, a nymph's overall form already resembles that of the adult, except for a lack of wings (in winged species) and the emergence of genitalia. 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.
Taxa with nymph stages
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nymph” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.