Sentence examples for four instars from inspiring English sources

We've brought thousands past their first three or four instars — their first molts — and released them to the wild, but we have no way of knowing what happened to them.

After completing four instars, the caterpillars spin an open network cocoon.

There are four instars, and the caterpillar stage lasts from two months in the warm season to two and a half to three months in the cold season.

Recent larval rearings have now corroborated these earlier observations by showing that the first four instars of all members of Lintneria for which they are known have this large, fleshy, anteriorly angled, dorsal protuberance, and the adults also have unique wing markings that are not found in Sphinx sensu stricto [51].

Larvae develop and pass through four instars, overwintering largely in the third and fourth instar, before pupating in June (Aukema et al., 2006).

Strobilopterus proteus, meanwhile, preserves individuals from at least four instars and exhibits previously unrecognised changes in appendage and body segment dimension and structure.

During these three instars, internal wing development occurs.

Muscidae, for example, are arranged in three groups according to whether they are trimorphic (i.e., have three free larval instars), dimorphic (i.e., pass the first instar in the egg, have two free larval instars), or monomorphic (i.e., pass the first two instars in the egg, have one free larval instar).

Along the second line of evolution of flies, Brachycera have from five to eight instars while the maggots of the most advanced flies (Cyclorrhapha) have only three.

After five to six instars, the nymphs will molt into adults.

The emerging nymph passes through six or seven instars before reaching adulthood.