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In their nymphal stage, the bugs feed on plants by piercing their stems and sucking the juices.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023
When they’re growing, in the nymphal stage, grasshoppers can eat more than their body weight per day in wet vegetation.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021
The trout, which have been feeding on the nymphal forms of the insects lower in the water column, shift their focus to the top, where the bugs float at the whim of the current.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2013
So if you're looking closely enough, you can even see bugs in the nymphal first instar stage.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 23, 2012
At the moment when the Osmia is building, she is still in the larval, or at most in the nymphal stage.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
