Nymph

Nymf

Svensk definition

Nymf är inom entomologin mellanstadiet i utvecklingen mellan ägg och fullt utvecklad individ (imago) hos insekter. Nymfen utvecklas till imago genom flera så kallade nymfstadier.

Engelsk definition

The immature stage in the life cycle of those orders of insects characterized by gradual metamorphosis, in which the young resemble the imago in general form of body, including compound eyes and external wings; also the 8-legged stage of mites and ticks that follows the first moult.

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