Members of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) go through postembryonic development called incomplete metamorphosis. What are the stages of this process?

a. several instars of often wormlike larvae, followed by a stage where they are a sessile pupa, and then ending in an adult stage that is very different from the larval stages
b. a series of nymph instars that lack functional wings, ending with an adult instar with functional wings
c. a single, wingless nymph instar followed by several winged adult instars
d. a series of young instars that become more and more like an adult, ending with a wingless adult instar


Ans: b. a series of nymph instars that lack functional wings, ending with an adult instar with functional wings

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