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Gradual metamorphosis of a grasshopper

Gradual metamorphosis of a grasshopper
An illustration of gradual metamorphosis (paurometabolous development) in a grasshopper for the glossary. Altered from Snodgrass (1) via Wikimedia Commons. Original caption:

FIG. 9. The metamorphosis of a grasshopper, Melanoplus atlanus (=sanguinipes?), showing its six stages of development from the newly-hatched nymph to the fully-winged adult.