Kalmar "hemimetabola" tana nufin wani nau'in ci gaban kwari wanda a cikinsa kwarin ya shiga cikin metamorphosis da bai cika ba. A cikin ci gaban hemimetabolous, kwarin yana shiga matakai uku: kwai, nymph, da babba. Nymph yayi kama da babba, amma ya fi karami kuma bashi da fuka-fuki. Yayin da nymph ke girma, yakan rushe sau da yawa, a ƙarshe ya kai cikakkiyar siffarsa. Wannan ya bambanta da ci gaban holometabolous, wanda kwari ke fuskantar cikakkiyar metamorphosis, gami da matakin pupal. Hemimetabola kalma ce da aka fi amfani da ita a ilimin ilimin halitta da ilmin kwari.