nymphosis

Indeed, since this basic experiment I have discovered grains of uric acid in the adipose tissue of the larvæ of all the Hunting Wasps of our parts, as well as in the Bees at the moment of the nymphosis.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The dissimilarity is yet more marked in the preparations for the nymphosis.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

This elbow changing the direction occurs whenever the larva ascends from the depths; it is very short when the nymphosis-chamber is next to the surface, but continues for some length when the chamber is well inside the trunk.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The gallery is masked on the outside by a remnant of bark or wood, hardly a millimetre thick, [2] and widens, not far from the surface, into a nymphosis-chamber, which is divided from the burrow by a mass of packed sawdust.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

In the heart of the wood the larva finally scoops out the chamber destined for the nymphosis.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

To prepare the door of exit in advance is not enough; the grub must also provide for the tranquillity essential to the delicate processes of nymphosis.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

And so the nonparalyzed larvae are attacked during the period of the nymphosis.

The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

In the vast majority of insects subject to metamorphoses, the hatching yields the larval form which will remain unchanged until the nymphosis.

The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

When the time of the nymphosis comes, the Halictus mother goes to the cells rifled by the parasite and closes them with an earthen plug as carefully as she does the rest.

Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

But, if easy paths are necessary to the insect, protective ramparts are no less needed for the safety of the nymphosis; and the larva plugs the liberating channel with a fine paste of masticated wood, very different from the ordinary sawdust.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869