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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Glossary » T » teneral

teneral

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · See Also · Internet References
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
No Taxon (Glossary)
No Taxon (T)
No Taxon teneral
Explanation of Names
From Latin tener, soft, young, tender.
Identification
teneral noun, also used as adjective - a freshly-molted arthropod, especially an imago (adult insect) freshly-emerged (see eclosion) from the pupa. Typically tenerals are soft-bodied and have different (often paler) coloration than more mature adults. Frequently noted in Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies).

Photos of tenerals:
See Also
metamorphosis
Ecdysis
Internet References
Jardine's Dictionary of Entomology
Contributed by Cotinis on 5 June, 2007 - 1:03am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 3 June, 2010 - 6:01am

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