Category:Planidium
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A planidium is a specialized form of insect larva seen in the first-instar of a few families of insects that have parasitoidal ways of life. They are usually flattened, highly sclerotized (hardened), and quite mobile. The function of the planidial stage is to find a host on which the later larval instars may feed, generally until the insect pupates.
Media in category "Planidium"
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Hypermetamorphosis2.JPG 2,861 × 1,965; 1.57 MB
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Metamorphosis Epicauta vittata.png 385 × 271; 20 KB
