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Crickets go through incomplete metamorphosis. A cricket will hatch from an egg and slowly develop in the nymph stage until it becomes an adult. Ladybugs go through complete metamorphosis. What will happen during the ladybug's development instead of the nymph stage?

A. It will slowly develop its features during the adult stage.
B. It will grow wings and legs and start producing more eggs.
C It will develop as a larva until it gets to be an adult ladybug.
D. It will shed layers of skin as a larva until it develops a cocoon.

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D) It will shed layers of skin as a larva until it develops a cocoon
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Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

A. This answer choice is incorrect because there is no growth in the ladybug's adult stage.

B. This answer choice is not correct because this happens while the ladybug is in the cocoon.

C. This is incorrect because the answer choice doesn't include the cocoon phase.

D. This is the correct answer choice.

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