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Metamorphoses, Life Cycle of Insects

Entitled: Metamorphoses, life cycle of insects. (1) dragonfly, (2) larva, (3) insect emerging from nymph of dragonfly, (4) perfect insect, (5) caterpillars, (6) chrysalis of a butterfly, Vanessa Io, (7) perfect insect, (8) larva, (9) nymph of a water beetle, Dytiscus marginalia. Insects are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, including more than a million described species and representing more than half of all known living organisms.
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Metamorphoses, Life Cycle of Insects
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Entitled: Metamorphoses, life cycle of insects. (1) dragonfly, (2) larva, (3) insect emerging from nymph of dragonfly, (4) perfect insect, (5) caterpillars, (6) chrysalis of a butterfly, Vanessa Io, (7) perfect insect, (8) larva, (9) nymph of a water beetle, Dytiscus marginalia. Insects are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, including more than a million described species and representing more than half of all known living organisms.
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