55 



Figure 55. Nymph emerging from larval skin, 



CRNITHCDCflOS MOUBATA LARVAL-NYMPHAL MOIiT 

 /^After Jobling (1925 )J7 



PIATE XVIII 



nymph; siorface grooves disappear and the contour becomes more con- 

 vex. The internal nymphal outline and limbs are now visible. 

 The two fore pairs of legs move to cause pressure on the larval 

 skin resulting in a transverse rupture from which the anterior 

 part of the body and the anterior legs emerge (Figure 55). After 

 all legs are free, the larval skin is abandoned. ^Jobling_7 



The nymphal stage, in contrast to the quiescent larval stage, 

 is very active, Cunliffe observed four to eight nymphal instars 



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