GROUP NO.

: 5
10SEPT2016

GROUP LEADER: CAMUT, RONALD S. GROUP

MEMBERS: BUCCAT, KEITH ZYREL A.
TORRES, IVAN PAUL L.
MEDINA, MILDRED MARIE M.
SILVA, KATHRINA S.

HUMAN METAMORPHOSIS

ANTHRO (2462)/ 11:30-12:30 TTHS

GROUPWORK PR-01

A.BUTTERFLY METAMORPHOSIS

The butterfly develop through a process called metamorphosis.

This is a Greek word that means transformation or change in
shape. There are four stages in the metamorphosis of butterflies
and moths: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
1.Eggs are laid on plants by the adult female butterfly. These
plants will then become the food for the hatching caterpillars.
2.The next stage is the larva. This is also called a caterpillar if
the insect is a butterfly or a moth. The job of the caterpillar is to
eat and eat and eat. As the caterpillar grows it splits its skin and
sheds it about 4 or 5 times. Food eaten at this time is stored and
used later as an adult.
3.When the caterpillar is full grown and stops eating, it becomes
a pupa. The pupa of butterflies is also called a chrysalis.
Depending on the species, the pupa may suspended under a
branch, hidden in leaves or buried under- ground. The pupa of
many moths is protected inside a cocoon of silk.
4.The adult stage is what most people think of when they think of
butterflies. They look very different from the larva. The caterpillar
has a few tiny eyes, stubby legs and very short antennae. The
adults have long legs, long antennae, and compound eyes. They
can also fly by using their large and colorful wings.

B. FROG METAMORPHOSIS
The process in which a tadpole turns into a frog is called metamorphosis, and
it is an amazing transformation. Here we have broken metamorphosis down
so you can see the stages a tadpole goes through as it develops into an adult.
1. The eggs form a globular mass that attaches itself to submerged vegetation
or rests on the muddy pond floor. Each egg contains a small amount of yolk
that nourishes the developing embryo until the larva breaks out of the egg
and develops into a tadpole.
2. Apoptosis, originally a Greek word referring to the falling of leaves in autumn,
is the term given to the death of living cells through programmed cell suicide,
so called because the cell takes an active role in its own disappearance. The
phenomenon of apoptosis was first discovered when batrachologists who
were studying the metamorphosis of certain frogs observed the gradual
disappearance of the tadpole's tail as it morphed into a frog -- a programmed
cell death essential to frog development.
3. Tadpoles typically lose about one-quarter of their weight during their
transformation into froglets. At 10 to 13 weeks, shortly before the froglet
leaves the water in which they have developed, their tail has completely
disappeared through the process of apoptosis and their forelegs emerge. At
this stage, frogs have lungs instead of gills and loose-fitting, permeable skin
through which they absorb both water and oxygen directly from the
environment. Body fluids are easily lost through their thin skin if they are not
in a damp environment.
4. All adult frogs are carnivores and feed on moving prey, consuming huge
quantities of insects. Their life span in the wild is difficult to determine, but
batrachologists believe that most common frog species live from three to
seven years.

are approximately 2,700 species of mosquitoes worldwide. Each genus may exhibit a slightly
C. MOSQUITOThere
METAMORPHOSIS
different
lifecycle. However, all mosquitoes have the following stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
1. After the female has obtained her blood meal she will find a quiet place to rest and develop her
eggs. It may take several days for this to happen. Once she is ready to lay her eggs she will seek
out an appropriate place. The site selected and the way the eggs are laid largely depends on the
genus. If she is in the genus Aedes she will most likely lay her eggs singly on the edge of a drying
puddle or near the surface of water in a container. If she is in the genus Culex or Culiseta she will lay
her eggs in a raft on the surface of the water.
2. Because the larva's skeleton is located on the outside (exoskeleton), similar to that of a crab, they
must shed their exoskeleton in order to grow. All mosquito larvae shed their exoskeleton, or molt,
four times.
3. After the larvae have completed their fourth instar stage they become pupae. This is the stage in
which they undergo metamorphosis to become an adult mosquito. The process is similar to a
caterpillar becoming a butterfly. The pupae are very active and look like commas. The mosquito will
be a pupa for only a couple of days.
4. After one to three days the adult mosquito is ready to emerge. The pupal skin splits along the top of
the case. The adult mosquito slowly and carefully works its way out of the pupal case. After
emerging it will float on the surface of the water and rest there until its body and wings harden.
Once the body has hardened the mosquito will fly off to begin its new life. One of the first things
newly emerged mosquitoes do is seek out nectar for a sugar meal to provide energy for flying and
mating.

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