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The author surveys insect classification and life stages, then analyzes how external conditions shape larval form and behaviour. Detailed anatomical and developmental observations are used to define the nature of metamorphosis, to trace changes in mouthparts, wings, and appendages, and to describe pupal quiescence and suppressed or modified stages. He explores hypotheses for the origin of metamorphosis and of insects themselves, considers alternation of generations and asexual reproduction as factors, and weighs natural selection against developmental and environmental explanations to account for structural transformations across life cycles.

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