Adult sexually mature insects produced after metamorphosis
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In biology, the imago is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it also is called the imaginal stage, the stage in which the insect attains maturity. It follows the final ecdysis of the immature instars. In a member of the Ametabola or Hemimetabola, in which.
How Did Insect Metamorphosis Evolve?
Description:Ecdysis -- shedding the old exo- and epicuticle Step 8: Break-down products amino acids and chitin microfibrils pass through the cuticulin layer where they are recycled by the epidermal cells and secreted under the cuticulin layer as new procuticle soft and wrinkled. Pore canals within the procuticle allow movement of lipids and proteins toward the new epicuticle where wax and cement layers form. The insect sheds its old exoskeleton ecdysis and continues to fully expand the new one.
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