[NatureNS] Insect hatching times

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:56:09 -0300
From: Gerald Ruderman <naturens@zdoit.airpost.net>
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On 10/11/10 18:17 , uhoeger@dal.ca wrote:
> Not sure what you mean.
> 
> Do you look for the times of embryonic development in the egg before larval 
> stages hatch, or the time it takes from egg to the final adult stage?
> 
> Tricky answer, since all insects have multiple larval or nymph stages before 
> reaching adult stage, and depending on the kind of their post-embryonic 
> development those immature stages resemble the  adult stage a lot or not at 
> all.  It gets even more complicated since all this is highly temperature 
> dependant, and periods of resting development are not uncommon. 
> Furthermore abundance or lack of food during larval stages can also speed 
> things up, or slow them down.

Thanks for asking for clarification. I meant until the first stage that
eats.

Gerald

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