The firefly is a holometabolic insect, passing through the stages of being an egg, being a larva, molting, and pupation.

萤火虫属于「完全」昆虫，一生历经卵、幼虫、蜕皮、化蛹及羽化程。

Although early instar larvae were present in the host larval hemocoel, only one parasitoid survived to come out of host larva for pupation, killing the larva in the process.

当多只早龄幼虫同时出现于寄主幼虫中时，只有一只拟寄生者能成功地脱离寄主发育成蛹，程中会杀死其他寄生幼虫。