Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

nymph

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
No Taxon (Glossary)
No Taxon (N)
No Taxon nymph
Explanation of Names
From Greek, nymphe, a chrysalis.
Identification
nymph noun, plural nymphs, adjective nymphal - the immature stage (between egg and adult) of an insect that undergoes simple metamorphosis.

Photos and illustrations of nymphs:
Remarks
See Also
nymph
Print References
Gordh, A Dictionary of Entomology, p. 527 (1)
Internet References
Wikipedia: Nymph (Biology)
Works Cited
1.A Dictionary of Entomology
George Gordh, David H. Headrick. 2003. CABI Publishing.