#scrunklies

[kydnexploded]

i forgot i drew this a while ago

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Digi Scrunklies

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ok first art post go.............

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they match each other's autistic swag

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The c00lkid is done

Dumbass hacker

The scrunkle

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Proto Carbuncle Skrunk for @insanityconcerto

[heartbrokeninchoate]

explaining the differences between the 3 different types of metamorphosis

there are 3 different growth cycles/metamorphosis that insects go through:

ametabolism

hemimetabolism

holometabolism

i want to try and explain this because it turns out theres a lot of people who dont know that butterflies arent the only insects that go through metamorphosis!

1. ametabolism

this growth cycle is by far the rarest and can only be found in the 2 most primitive insect orders: zygentoma (silverfish and firebrats) and archaeognatha (jumping bristletails).

the reason its called ametabolism is that because it describes the absence of a metamorphosis cycle. instead, they just gradually increase in size with no other morphological differences between juvenile and adult.

fun fact: you can tell how primitive an insect order is based on how many "insecty" aspects it has! for example, you can tell that blattodeans (cockroaches and termites) are primitiver than lepidopterans (butterflies and moths), as blattodeans undergo partial metamorphosis and not full metamorphosis.

2. hemimetabolism

this growth cycle is the second-most prominent growth cycle in insects and can be found in 11 orders.

it describes the partial metamorphosis that these insects go through. this means that they lack the pupal stage that holometabolistic (full metamorphosis) insects have, but they still undergo significant changes while growing up.

for example: grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets are born without wings, but after the final moult they will have fully developed wings that they can use.

3. holometabolism

this growth cycle is by far the most prominent in insects. it can be found in 11 orders just like hemimetabolism, but these 11 holometabolistic orders are the most diverse in the insect kingdom. these orders include coleoptera (beetles), lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), diptera (flies), and hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps, and sawflies).

it describes the complete metamorphosis that these insects go through. all of them have a larval stage, a pupal stage, and an adult/reproductive stage. the appearance of the adult stage is always very different than that of the larval stage.

take the butterfly, the most popular example of holometabolism used.

i hope you found this explanation useful! if you have any questions, feel free to send them my way :]