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MustAsk Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Baby/infant insects
What's the proper way to say 'baby/infant/young insects'?
The three words I gave are just examples, if there's a better word, please let me know.
The three words I gave are just examples, if there's a better word, please let me know.
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D o you mean an earlier stage? eg egg eg larva eg pupa
- D o you mean an earlier stage?
- eg egg eg larva eg pupa
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Not exactly. Would any of those words I used work in casual English? For example for vegetables it's 'baby' eg baby carrots...
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What exactly did you want to say about them? In casual English "baby insect" or "young insect" is okay as you used them, (not "infant") but I'm not sure why you would want to refer to "young insects," or how you would know if they are "young" or not, once they have reached their adult form. I mean, there's really no such thing as a "baby butterfly" -- first it's an egg, then a caterpilla
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