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pu·pa

(pyo͞o′pə)

n. pl. pu·pae (-pē) or pu·pas

An insect in the nonfeeding stage between the larva and adult, during which it typically undergoes complete transformation within a protective cocoon or hardened case. Only insects that undergo complete metamorphosis have pupal stages.

[Latin pūpa, girl, doll.]

pu′pal adj.

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pupa

(ˈpjuːpə)

n, pl -pae (-piː) or -pas

(Zoology) an insect at the immobile nonfeeding stage of development between larva and adult, when many internal changes occur. See coarctate, exarate, obtect

[C19: via New Latin, from Latin: a doll, puppet]

ˈpupal adj

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pu•pa

(ˈpyu pə)

n., pl. -pae (-pē), -pas.

an insect in the nonfeeding, usu. immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the adult.

[1765–70; < New Latin, Latin pūpa girl, doll, puppet]

pu′pal, adj.

pu·pa

(pyo͞o′pə)

Plural pupae (pyo͞o′pē)

An insect in the nonfeeding stage of development between the larva and adult, during which it typically undergoes a complete transformation within a protective cocoon or hardened case. Only certain kinds of insects, such as moths, butterflies, ants, and beetles, develop as larvae and pupae. Compare imago, larva, nymph.

pupal adjective

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pupa

A stage in metamorphosis that follows the larval stage.

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Noun

pupa - an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

insect - small air-breathing arthropod

chrysalis - pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon

Translations

kukla

puppe

Puppe

chrysalide pupe

púpa

pupa crisalide

kūniņa

krizalitpupa

蛹

pupa

[ˈpjuːpə] N (pupae (pl)) [ˈpjuːpiː] → crisálida f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pupa

n pl <-e> → Puppe f

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pupa

[ˈpjuːpə] n (pupae (pl)) [ˈpjuːpiː] → pupa

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pupa

(ˈpjuːpə) – plural ˈpupae (-piː) – noun

the form that an insect takes when it is changing from a larva (eg a caterpillar) to its perfect form (eg a butterfly); a chrysalis.

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So utterly helpless are the masters, that when Huber shut up thirty of them without a slave, but with plenty of the food which they like best, and with their larvae and pupae to stimulate them to work, they did nothing; they could not even feed themselves, and many perished of hunger.

When the nest is slightly disturbed, the slaves occasionally come out, and like their masters are much agitated and defend their nest: when the nest is much disturbed and the larvae and pupae are exposed, the slaves work energetically with their masters in carrying them away to a place of safety.

The latter ruthlessly killed their small opponents, and carried their dead bodies as food to their nest, twenty-nine yards distant; but they were prevented from getting any pupae to rear as slaves.

At the same time I laid on the same place a small parcel of the pupae of another species, F.

fusca(showing that it was not a migration) and numerous pupae. I traced the returning file burthened with booty, for about forty yards, to a very thick clump of heath, whence I saw the last individual of F.

But as ants, which are not slave-makers, will, as I have seen, carry off pupae of other species, if scattered near their nests, it is possible that pupae originally stored as food might become developed; and the ants thus unintentionally reared would then follow their proper instincts, and do what work they could.

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1997), we manipulated the prechilling period for hawthorn pupae in an effort to induce a genetic response at the six allozymes displaying host-associated differentiation (we shall refer to this study as the "prewinter experiment").

The effects of winter length on the genetics of apple and hawthorne races of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: tephritidae)

Judith and curator Michael Inwood buy a variety of pupae or chrysalis from specialists.

IT'S A FUNNY OLD JOB...BUT SOMEONE'S GOT TO DO IT!: JUDITH, 32: MOTH MIDWIFE; In between looking after her 55 strange flatmates, Judith Layzell delivers hundreds of delicate and beautiful babies into the world. SHERON BOYLE reports..

Minute wasps that parasitize the pupae (cocoon-like dormant forms) of many types of common flies can be released into breeding areas to reduce new generations.

Another way to get rid of houseflies? It's biological

Pupae and third instar larvae are the preferred stages for transatlantic shipment of living material, and knowledge of the basic biology and parasitism of pupae is of some importance owing to the potential mutualistic relationship of the agent with fungi, as first reported by Coutin & Faivre-Amiot (1981).

Insights into the microbes and nematodes hosted by pupae of the arundo leaf miner, Lasioptera donacis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Dried silkworm pupae with their chitinous covering was obtained from the Changa Manga Silk Industries at District Kasur, Pakistan (31deg 05' N latitude 73deg 58' E longitude).

Silkworm (Bombyx mori) Meal as Alternate Protein Ingredient in Broiler Finisher Ration

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