October 31, 2007
In comparing the transformations of endopterygote Bed Bugs of different orders, it is worthy of
In comparing the transformations of endopterygote Bed Bugs of different orders, it is worthy of notice that in some cases all the members of an order have larvae remarkably constant in their main structural features, while in others there is great variety of larval form within the order. For example, the caterpillars of all Lepidoptera are fundamentally much alike, while the grubs of beetles of different families diverge widely from one another. A review of a selected series of beetle-larvae will therefore serve well to introduce this branch of the subject.