Researchers have studied gene expression dynamics during metamorphosis in two species of flies. Published in the Genome Biology and Evolution, the study aims to identify patterns of changes in gene ...

Silver fish, grasshoppers, mantids and cockroaches are examples of these insects. Their young – called nymphs – look like ...

Complete metamorphosis transforms caterpillars into butterflies, reshaping not only the bodies of the insects but their behaviors and identities. New work reveals in detail for the first time how ...

Shutterstock It turns out that while all bugs are insects, all insects aren’t bugs. So if you’re an insect, I guess maybe you ...

Understanding Insect Metamorphosis John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage ...

Rivka Galchen on the entomologist James Truman’s research studying the process of metamorphosis in insects.

Franz Kafka ’s most famous story, “The Metamorphosis,” details one man’s change into a cockroach. I can sympathize: I’ve experienced my own transformation into a computer bug, as I’ve ...

Insectropolis in Toms River offers hands-on insect education with live bug interactions, interactive exhibits, and ...

Predators are far more likely to attack adult moths than caterpillars, highlighting the protective power of metamorphosis.

Most of us learned about butterfly metamorphosis as a kid—a wriggly caterpillar molts its skin to form a tough chrysalis and emerges as a beautiful butterfly. But how exactly do chrysalises stay ...

Complete metamorphosis transforms caterpillars into butterflies, reshaping not only the bodies of the insects but their behaviors and identities. New work reveals in detail for the first time how ...

An insect with incomplete metamorphosis has 3 life stages: egg, nymphs, and adult (no pupa). Eggs hatch to a small nymph, which resembles (not perfectly) what the adult will look like.