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In all Ametabola and Hemimetabola these are visible externally long before the penultimate instar has been reached; in the Holometabola they are not seen until the pupal stage.
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Those with life-stories such as the dragon-flies 'are said to undergo partial transformation, and are termed' Hemimetabola. '
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Wherein lies the fundamental difference between these Holometabola on the one hand and the Hemimetabola and Ametabola on the other?
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_Endopterygota_, applied to all the orders of insects with hidden wing-rudiments (the 'Metabola' or 'Holometabola' of most classifications) and _Exopterygota_, including all those insects whose wing-rudiments are visible throughout growth ( 'Hemimetabola' and
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