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Musah measured the chemical profiles, called the metabolome, of insect eggs, larvae and pupae using a type of mass spectrometry—a technique that can tease apart molecules called metabolites based on their mass and charge.
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Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2026
Once the first spring generation pupates, the pupae wait out the summer heat, maturing into adults that emerge in early autumn.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
The scientists found that even though the young ant was perfectly healthy, the worker ant started unpacking the pupa's cocoon, proving the smell was the active call to action.
—Arundathi Nair, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Scientists had already figured out that when these pupae are terminally ill, there is a chemical change that produces a particular smell.
—CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
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Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2026
Once the first spring generation pupates, the pupae wait out the summer heat, maturing into adults that emerge in early autumn.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
The scientists found that even though the young ant was perfectly healthy, the worker ant started unpacking the pupa's cocoon, proving the smell was the active call to action.
—Arundathi Nair, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Scientists had already figured out that when these pupae are terminally ill, there is a chemical change that produces a particular smell.
—CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupa
larva
Noun
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The larva will hatch and eat the paralyzed cicada.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Both beetles and moths go through a four-stage life cycle of egg, larva (grub), pupa, and adult.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Pupa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupa. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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