They first turn green when they become adults.

它们变成成虫时先变绿。

48 hours later, the first adult will see the light of day.

48小时后成虫就迎着阳光出现了。

The adult size depends on how much food is available.

成虫型大小取决于食物供。

Many six-legged adults live here, too, without the benefit of the gills.

很多六足成虫虽然没有鳃却也在那里生活。

Normally it takes four weeks for hoppers to become adults.

一般说来，若虫需要经过4周才能变成成虫。

The reproductive larvae morph into adults and the soldiers die within the host.

繁殖性幼虫发为成虫，而卫兵会死于宿主内。

The female adult botfly will fly along and she squirts the larvae up the nostrils of the reindeer.

雌性成虫蝇会飞来，把蝇蛆喷到驯鹿的鼻孔里。

After a week, an adult wasp appears, leaving its hapless helper's corpse behind.

一周后，黄蜂成虫出现，抛下它那倒霉帮手的尸高飞。

All insects also lay eggs. But these eggs do not produce perfect insects.

所有的虫都会“产卵”，但这些虫卵可不会孵出成虫。

But soon this dry case bursts open, and out comes a full-grown fly.

但是很快, 这层干燥的硬壳就会破开, 爬出来苍蝇的“成虫”。

For an entire season, they systematically collected all the adults and even picked up on the caterpillars.

一整季里他们系统地收集所有成虫甚至把毛毛虫都捉起来。

After all, it takes only 15 days to produce an adult and you don't even need to parent.

毕竟它们只要十五天就能够长成成虫而且都不用父母照顾。

And those bigger larvae resulted in bigger adults.

那些更大的幼虫导致更大的成虫。

Adults go in the ground in wooden boxes, placed on top of one another.

成虫放在木箱里，一个叠一个放在地上。

She may have observed the adult moth just as it emerged from its pupa.

她可能已经观察到成虫刚从蛹中出来。

The adults beat their translucent wings and take flight as a full-fledged locust swarm.

成虫拍打着半透明的翅膀，像一只成熟的蝗虫群一样飞翔。

The locusts now transform into winged adults, and with conditions as good as this, they do so three times faster than normal.

蝗虫正在变态为有翅的成虫，由于生长环境良好，它们发的速度达到平时的三倍。

Wasps, on the other hand, are carnivorous, while adults may occasionally feed on nectar or pollen.

另一方面，黄蜂是肉食性的，而成虫偶尔会以花蜜或花粉为食。

It does have groups of cells inside its body called imaginal discs that will eventually become its butterfly parts.

它内确实有一组细胞， 称为成虫盘，最终将成为它的蝴蝶部分。

You see, flies, as with most insects, undergo a complete metamorphosis from egg to adult via a larvae and a pupal stage.

苍蝇，和大多数虫一样，经历幼虫和蛹的阶段，完成从卵到成虫的完全蜕变。