puparium

noun plural -ia (-ɪə)

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

Nearby words

Derived Formspuparial, adjective

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Examples from the Web for puparium

We present the figure of an allied fly, Merodon Bardus (Fig. 78; a, puparium, natural size).
Our Common Insects|Alpheus Spring Packard
The mode in which insects make their way out of the puparium differs in different orders.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby
After some repose, in consequence of very violent efforts, the puparium opens, and it escapes from its prison.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. II (of 4)|William Kirby
In about as many more days the puparium state would be entered, and in about six days more the fly or imago would appear.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884|Various

The secretion forming the puparium is mixed with bark-cells of the tree, arranged longitudinally.
An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand|W. M. Maskell