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

萤火虫属「完全变态」的昆虫，一生历经卵、虫、蜕皮、化蛹及羽化的过程。

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.

当多只早龄虫同时寄主虫的时，只有一只拟寄生者能成功地脱离寄主发育成蛹，过程会杀死其他寄生虫。