imagoes

Fully developed bugs

Imagoes is the plural of imago, with two distinct uses.

In entomology, an imago is the final adult stage of an insect after metamorphosis—the butterfly that emerges from the chrysalis.

In psychology, particularly Jungian, an imago is an idealized mental image of a person, especially a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood.

The Latin plural imagines also appears in technical writing.

psychology

archetype

Original model for copies

projection · internalization · Freud · Jung · imprint · attachment · parental figure · introjection · superego · fantasy

entomology

final stage

Concluding phase of something

chrysalis · pupa · larva · instar · molting · life cycle · diapause

lepidoptera

butterfly

Winged insect from caterpillar

wingspan · antennae · proboscis · scales · coloration · flight · nectar · pollination · migration · mimicry

Opposites
developmental stage

imagoeslarvae

Immature metamorphosing creatures

larva · pupae · nymphs · caterpillars · grubs

Family

imago, imagos

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