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Recent Examples of pupa
Once the mosquito larvae grow into pupae, the males and females are separated before joining the lab’s colony.
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Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 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
The insect overwinters as a late-stage larvae or pupae in the top inch or two of soil.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
Additionally, females search for hosts (typically the pupae of bees and other wasps) and are more likely to encounter defending adults at nests.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 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
The insect overwinters as a late-stage larvae or pupae in the top inch or two of soil.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
Additionally, females search for hosts (typically the pupae of bees and other wasps) and are more likely to encounter defending adults at nests.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupa
larva
Noun
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New World screwworms are the parasitic larva of a metallic blue blow fly species called Cochliomyia hominivorax.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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The larva will soon be done feeding, or may have already left the leaf, having matured into an adult that flew away.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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“Pupa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupa. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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