Every type of insect — beetles, spiders, butterflies, bees — with baby names and facts.
Complete Metamorphosis
Egg → Larva → Pupa → Adult (butterflies, beetles, bees)
Incomplete Metamorphosis
Egg → Nymph → Adult (crickets, dragonflies, roaches)
Spider Babies
Egg → Spiderling → Adult (spiders are arachnids, not insects)
Butterfly Babies
Egg → Caterpillar → Chrysalis/Cocoon → Adult
Baby: Larva/Grub
Larvae look like tiny alligators — eat 400 aphids before pupating
Baby: Larva/Grub
Larvae live in rotting wood for 3-5 years before becoming adults
Baby: Larva/Grub
Strongest animal on Earth — lifts 850x its body weight
Baby: Larva/Glowworm
Babies glow too — called glowworms
Baby: Larva
Larvae are the pests — adults are harmless pollen eaters
Baby: Larva/Grub
Rolls balls of dung 10x its weight — sacred in ancient Egypt
Baby: Spiderling
Mother carries 100+ babies on her back!
Baby: Spiderling
Babies are orange and white — not black like adults
Baby: Spiderling
Can jump 50x its body length — babies can jump immediately
Baby: Spiderling
Babies ride on mother's back for first few weeks
Baby: Spiderling
Babies "balloon" — float on silk threads in the wind
Baby: Caterpillar → Chrysalis
Caterpillar eats 200x its weight in milkweed
Baby: Caterpillar → Cocoon
Adults have no mouth — live only 7 days to mate
Baby: Caterpillar → Chrysalis
Caterpillar has fake eyes to scare predators
Baby: Caterpillar → Cocoon
Largest moth — wingspan up to 12 inches
Baby: Larva → Pupa
Larvae fed 1,000+ times before becoming adult bees
Baby: Larva → Pupa
Only queens survive winter — starts new colony each spring
Baby: Larva → Pupa
Makes nests from chewed wood — looks like paper
Baby: Larva → Pupa
Queen ant can live 30 years — workers live 1-2 years
Baby: Nymph
Nymphs look like mini adults without wings
Baby: Nymph (Naiad)
Nymphs live underwater for 1-5 years before becoming adults
Baby: Larva (Wriggler) → Pupa (Tumbler)
Larvae hang upside down from water surface to breathe
Baby: Nymph
Nymphs look like tiny wingless adults — molt 6-13 times
Baby: Nymph
Babies are cannibals — eat siblings if hungry