The insect between molts is referred to as an instar; a species with five molts thus has five instars. After shedding the serosal skin, the newly hatched nymph is the first instar. After each molt the ...

LIFE CYCLE: Eggs take 3 to 8 days to develop and hatch into caterpillars. Caterpillars take 9 to 14 days to go through five instar stages before pupating. The first instar larva, just out of the egg, ...