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Life cycle
Life cycle describes the stages in the life of an organism. An insect's life cycle runs from the egg stage until adulthood and reproduction. Depending on the species the life cycle can last a matter of days to several years.
Related terms
- Bivoltine
- Eclosion
- Endopterygota
- Exopterygota
- Instar
- Life stage
- Multivoltine
- Pterygota
- Pupa
- Semivoltine
- Univoltine
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