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Definition of Instars
1. instar [v] - See also: instar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instars
Literary usage of Instars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"instars.—The term instar is applied to the form of an insect during a stadium;
in numbering the instars, the form assumed by the insect between hatching and ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"160)] instars; the other relates to the spinning done by the larva previous to
pupation, and, in spite of the fact that the observations on the latter point ..."
3. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner subsp. tenebrionis (M-One) caused 85% mortality
of early instars at lh after application, and < 5% at 48 h. ..."
4. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1920)
"Color description of the instars. In the first instar the head, legs, ... In the
second and third instars the tubercles are uncol- ored except the dorsal ..."
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