puparium
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Among the Diptera, most species pass the winter as pupae, the sheltering puparium being a good protection against most adverse conditions, or as flies.
From The Life-Story of Insects by George H. (George Herbert) Carpenter
The second brood of larvæ remains through the winter in the flax-seed, or puparium.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
The puparium, or pupa case, inclosing the delicate chrysalis, is oval, consisting of eight segments, flattened above, with two large spines near the head, and four on the extremity of the body.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Cuticle of pupa or puparium splitting longitudinally down the back, to allow escape of imago.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Ventral scale: in Diaspinae, the under part of the puparium, interposed between the insect and the plant.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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