puparium

/ pjuːˈpɛərɪəm /

noun

a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects

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The mode in which insects make their way out of the puparium differs in different orders.

Female puparium varying in colour; circular in outline, usually flat, sometimes rather convex; pellicles usually in the centre.

Female puparium circular, flat, brown; diameter, about 1/20in.

Male puparium rather longer than that of the female, the pellicle at one end; not carinated above.

Female puparium nearly circular, convex, greyish or brownish in colour, about 1/15in.

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