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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. insect biology
  3. insect physiology
  4. eclosion
  1. Fields of Study
  2. physiology
  3. animal physiology
  4. insect physiology
  5. eclosion
  1. Fields of Study
  2. mathematics and statistics
  3. animal physiology
  4. insect physiology
  5. eclosion
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. experimental design
  3. mathematics and statistics
  4. animal physiology
  5. insect physiology
  6. eclosion
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. experimental design
  3. mathematics and statistics
  4. animal physiology
  5. insect physiology
  6. eclosion
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. zoology
  4. animal physiology
  5. insect physiology
  6. eclosion
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. zoology
  4. animal physiology
  5. insect physiology
  6. eclosion

Preferred term

eclosion

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Escape of the adult insect from the cuticle of the pupa, the cocoons, or the puparium, or, in hemimetabolous insects, from the cuticle of the last nymphal instar.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • adult emergence (insects)
  • emergence (insects)

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4391

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