puparium
noun
pu·par·i·um
pyü-ˈper-ē-əm 
plural puparia
pyü-ˈper-ē-ə
: a rigid outer shell formed from the larval skin that covers some pupae (as of a dipteran fly)
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The woman’s case, reported in the Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases by a medical entomologist and colleagues, goes the furthest yet, finding pupa and a puparium—the hard casing of a pupa—in the woman’s nose.
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Puparium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puparium. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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