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flowering plant: life cycle termite: life cycle fern: life cycle life cycle of the black bean aphid life cycle of the monarch butterfly Diagram of the fern life cycle showing both diploid and haploid generations, with illustrations of sporophyte, sporangium, spore, prothallus, gametophyte, and fertilization stages, along with key processes like meiosis and mitosis. Diagram showing the life cycle of Equisetum (horsetail), a Sphenopsida plant, with stages labeled: mature sporophyte produces spores by meiosis, spores grow into gametophytes, gametophytes form eggs and sperm, fertilization produces a zygote, and the zygote develops into a young sporophyte. Diagram showing the flea life cycle with labeled stages: white oval eggs, wormlike larvae, pupa within a cocoon, and a detailed adult flea, arranged in a circular sequence. Diagram showing the life cycle of a honeybee, with stages from egg, larva, and pupa to adult emerging from a honeycomb cell. A queen bee lays an egg, a worker bee feeds the larva, and the adult bee emerges on day 21. Housefly life cycle
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life cycle: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added cross-references. May 18, 2020
Modified age appropriateness: A-Z Animals - Life Cycle. Mar 05, 2020
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Life Cycle. Mar 31, 2014
Media added. Jun 18, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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