The firefly is a holometabolic insect, passing through the stages of being an egg, being a larva, molting, and pupation.

萤火虫属「变态」的昆虫，一生历经卵、幼虫、蜕皮、化蛹及羽化的过程。

The processes of settlement and metamorphosis of actinula of Tubularia mesembryanthemum and the effects of temperature and salinity on settlement and metamorphosis were investigated.

研究了中胚花筒螅辐射幼体的附和变态过程以及不同温、盐度对辐射幼体附和变态的影响。