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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
However, like training wheels, the gears only exist in the nymphal stage before the insect becomes an adult.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2013
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 young tick molts within a week, and the second or nymphal stage of the parasite's life is thus ushered in.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
