pupa
noun
an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
pupal
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a word derived from
pupa.
Example Sentences
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This has consequences for birds that cannot eat caterpillars that have entered the pupal stage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023
The team now wants to study effects that pupal secretions might have on the adults and larvae in terms of behaviour and physiology.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 2, 2022
If adult ants don’t lick off the pupal fluid, the pupae drown or die of fungal infections.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Sitting on a leaf were two tiny moths, with the pupal skins they had just emerged from still poking out of the leaf mines.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Each may consume several hundred aphids before the ceaseless turning of the cycle of its life brings the time when it will spin a white silken cocoon in which to pass the pupal stage.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
