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Posted July 2 2020 - 2:12 PM
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I've been intrigued by the question of how did this weird larvae/pupae/adult life cycle develop in the first place.
Here's an interesting little article on the topic.
I didn't know the first insects used to hatch the way crickets do now, as miniature adults.
https://www.scientif...osis-evolution/
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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli
Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)
Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive); Lasius sp.
Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen
Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa
Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other
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Posted July 3 2020 - 7:49 AM
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Neat! Quick question, so when metamorphisis developed, what about coccoon vs non coccoon? I know ants that spin coccoons have the same pupae as ants that do spin coccoons, just with silk. but what about insects that make coccoons which they exit out of, or insects that peel off their "naked pupae?"
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