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Recent Examples of pupaMosquitoes start life as tiny larvae in water, then grow into pupae (like cocoons) before emerging as adults.—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025 Livestock shipments had been halted in November The Agriculture Department eradicated the NWS parasite in 1966 by releasing sterile male flies and pupae to eventually lead to infertile screwworm flies, according to the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—John Bacon, USA Today, 13 May 2025 Rubinoff has already brought several into the lab, where the caterpillars can gorge themselves on Drosophila pupae with no fear of spiders interrupting the feast.—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025 Once the mosquito larvae grow into pupae, the males and females are separated before joining the lab’s colony.—Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pupa
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larva
Noun
The parasitic flies produce larva that feed on living tissue, typically that of animals and livestock.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Screwworm is actually a fly that gets its name from how its larva infects a host.
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