Metamorphosis
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Metamorphosis is a biological process in which an animal undergoes a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in its body structure as part of its development. Some insects, fish, amphibians, mollusks
A dragonfly undergoing the final moult of its metamorphosis; in this process it transforms from its nymphal form to its adult stage
Incomplete metamorphosis in the grasshopper with different instar nymphs. The largest specimen is adult.
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pupa
Axolotl
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The axolotl is a species of mole salamander. It is neotenic, reaching sexual maturity without undergoing metamorphosis, and the adults remain fully aquatic with obvious external gills. Axolotls may be
Metamorphosis
…diverse; some species go through a dramatic reorganization when transitioning from aquatic larvae to terrestrial adults, while others, such as the axolotl, display pedomorphosis and never develop into terrestrial adults. Within the genus Ambystoma, species have evolved to be pedomorphic several times, and…
Axolotl ganz
Metamorphosed axolotls
Wild form
Stages of development (images captured using stereoscopic macrophotography)