Talk:Nymph (biology)

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Someone should really write up a page on naiads as well so that most of these orders are not referred to as nymphs.

This is very true. Only Paurometabolous insects have Nymphs (Examples being Hemiptera and Orthoptera), while Hemimetabolous insects have Niads (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Odonata), and all members are entirely aquatic during niad stage. In addition, Paurometabolous individuals tend to look more like adults (compare grasshopper nymphs to adults) while Hemimetabolous insects tend to look less like the adult forms (compare Dragonfly niads to adults). Also, Nymphs tend to have less instars than niads. The two are very different, and I would be willing to split this article and write about both types in more detail, including example photos and/or drawings. ---BMW, Minor Copy-Edit 04:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Splitting to Nymph/Niad

I have placed the split unrelated tag on this article to bring to light the very separate natures of Nymphs and Niads. In about a week I am going to begin splitting this article if there are no disputes. As for the present moment, I am correcting the line that refers to Nymphs as Hemimetabolous, changing that to Paurometabolous. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. ---BMW, Minor Copy-Edit 04:51, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

On second thought, I am going to hold off until I can question my professor directly on this. As of this year, Aquatic Entomology at my university is still being taught with separation between Paurometabolism and and Hemimetabolism (which I have recently seen called heterometabolism). This may be an actual dispute, or just misunderstanding. ---BMW, Minor Copy-Edit 05:02, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Removed split tag. There seems to be a general consensus in the literature that Hetero/paurometaboly have been merged into Hemimetaboly, and the former two are now only subcategories of the later. Furthermore, naiads are sometimes referred to as nymphs in scientific literature. Naiad should then remain as a section of this article. ---BMW, Minor Copy-Edit 16:26, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In arachnids

What arachnids have nymphs? Can one therefore say that these arachnids are hemimetabolous? The article about hemimetaboly doesn't mention arachnids, just insects. IronChris | (talk) 18:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)