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Imms' General Textbook of Entomology: Volume 1: Structure, Physiology and Development; Volume 2: Classification and Biology
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stage ("imaginal" being "imago" in adjective form), the stage in which the insect attains maturity. It follows the final
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species, the only stage that has functional wings. The imago often is referred to as the
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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The imago is the only stage during which the insect is
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Index

Imaginal stage
Imago (disambiguation)

molting
cicada
biology
Latin
insect
metamorphosis
ecdysis
instars
Ametabola
Hemimetabola
nymphal
Holometabola
pupa
sexually mature
winged
Ephemeroptera
subimago
entomologists
Imaginal disc



"The Life-Story of Insects. Cambridge University Press 1913"
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p. 725

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