Which type of metamorphosis includes multiple molts of an insect?

The correct answer is the type of metamorphosis known as incomplete metamorphosis. In this process, insects undergo several distinct life stages: egg, nymph, and adult. During the nymph stage, the insect resembles a smaller version of the adult but continues to molt multiple times as it grows. Each molt allows the insect to shed its exoskeleton and develop further, gradually approaching the full adult form. This molting process is essential for growth, as the rigid exoskeleton does not expand.

Complete metamorphosis, in contrast, involves a more radical transformation through distinct stages of egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The larval stage does not resemble the adult at all and typically does not undergo molts in the same way nymphs do, as they typically have a different body structure altogether that is later reorganized during the pupal stage.

Simple metamorphosis, also known as hemimetabolism, refers to insects that go through three stages (egg, juvenile, adult) without a distinct larval stage, where juveniles are referred to as nymphs and emerge as miniatures of the adults after several molts.

Progressive metamorphosis isn't a standard term used in entomology for describing types