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Kritsky said a cicada counts the passage of time by noting the increase and decrease in the fluid flow of the tree root it feeds on during its nymphal stage.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2022

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 longer the nymphal life cycle, the smaller the chance of emerging during a cold summer.”

From Scientific American • May 23, 2013

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

The larva of the Meloid�, therefore, undergo four moults before attaining the nymphal state; and after each moult their characteristics alter most profoundly.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander