FIG. 115. Life stages of various insects 



/.red-legged locust (M elanophis femur-rubruni) ; 2, squash bug (Anasa tristis); j, dragon- 

 fly (Libcllula) ; 4, June bug (Melalontha) \ j, wasp (Sphex grypJms). a, eggs ; b, larva (not 

 shown for j) (in / and 2 the larva is similar in general form to the adult ; successive stages 

 are attained by molting, b^) ; c, pre-adult (in 4 and j this is a resting stage, or pupa) \ 

 </, adult. The larva of the wasp develops within the caterpillar buried by the mother wasp 



