STAGES OF THE MEALWORM

STAGES OF THE FRUIT FLY

 
 

VIEW THE STAGES  OF             THE MEALWORM

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STAGES OF THE MEALWORM
 
 

1.  egg   - very small, hatches into a wormlike larva in one to two weeks

2. larva  -  wormlike, very small at first, will eat and eat and grow, will molt (shed  its skin)                 mnay times, lasts aboyt 10 weeks

3. pupa  -  a case, does not eat or move, inside insect parts are rebuilt into the adult

4.  adult  -  called a darkling bettle, soft and pale at first, later skins darkens and hardens,                 will lay up to 500 eggs

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

STAGES OF THE FRUIT FLY
 
 

1    egg - called the yolk inside the egg, it chews through the egg to get out

2.  larva - clear, has mouth hooks to drag itself toward food, spins a pupa around itself

3.  pupa -  light color but will get brown and dark and shape gets bigger

4.  adult -  fruit fly, seeks fruit, will lay eggs