What insects go through incomplete metamorphosis?

Incomplete metamorphosis is characterized by three stages of life. An insects starts out as an egg. Once the egg hatches, a nymph appears that bears a close resemblance to the adult insect; however, the nymph's external covering, or exoskeleton, is very thin, and it typically does not have wings. read more

Grasshoppers, termites, aphids, earwigs and true bugs exhibit gradual metamorphosis, in which the young resemble their parents, and grow through a series of molts. Insects that exhibit incomplete metamorphosis, such as dragonflies, stoneflies and mayflies, experience a significant change in body shape, but have no pupa stage. read more

Insects that go through three stages of change in their life cycle have an incomplete metamorphosis while complete metamorphsis has four stages. The first stage of incomplete metamorphisis is the egg. read more