Life Cycles. The life cycle of an insect begins with an egg, which then hatches into a larva. For the juvenile insect, life is taken up with eating, growing, moulting, and growing bigger until it is ready to ... Depending upon the species, an insect's life stages are characterised by either complete or incomplete metamorphosis. read more
This is shown by the more highly developed insects. The life cycle shows four stages:-EGG - LARVA - PUPA - ADULT The larva (or caterpillar) is the growth phase. It is generally very different from the adult. Usually the larva and adult use different food sources. Therefore they are not in direct competition. read more
Insect pollinators are essential to the life cycle of many flowering plant species on which most organisms, including humans, are at least partly dependent; without them, the terrestrial portion of the biosphere would be devastated. read more