Semester Project
Life Cycle of an Insect
Stage 4
Adult
- WORKER
- Sterilized females 1st
- Feed Larvae and Queen
- More emerge, more roles to fill
- Food/Queen/Protection
- QUEEN
- Only fertilized female in a colony
- Only lays eggs
- Hibernates in the winter
- Only member to survive the winter
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Stage 3
Pupa
- Inactive transition between Larvae and Adult
- Still in protective casing
- Adult features present
- 3 weeks
Stage 1
Egg
Stage 2
Larvae
Complete Metamorphosis of a Yellow Jacket (wasp)
- Queen lays houndreds of eggs
- Nest of chewed wood and vegatible produce
- 30-50 days
- Resemble a worm
- Gain nutrients
- Grow required body parts
- Time varies