The stage in an INSECT LIFECYCLE between LARVA and adult This is the stage during which METAMORPHOSIS takes place and pupae are often covered in a hard covering and are apparently inactive Under the covering a radical re-arrangement of body structures occurs to alter, for example, the CATERPILLAR into the adult butterfly or moth Some insects OVERWINTER as pupae
(Pyew-pa; plural: pupae [pyew-pee]): inactive stage of insects with complete metamorphosis during which development into the final adult form is completed
The resting stage between juvenile and adult forms of an insect; in butterflies, the pupa is encased by a chrysalis Typically this stage (the pupal stage) is immobile and does not feed; internally, however, complete reconstruction is taking place [image]
A pupa is an insect that is in the stage of development between a larva and a fully grown adult. It has a protective covering and does not move. The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter. pupae pupas an insect at the stage before it becomes adult, when it is protected by a special cover. Inactive, nonfeeding stage in the life of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis. In a protective covering (cocoon or chrysalis), the larva is transformed into an adult. During pupation, a process controlled by hormones, larval structures break down and adult structures form; wings appear for the first time. The adult emerges either by splitting the pupal skin and chewing its way out or by secreting a fluid that softens the cocoon
Insects go through a number of different life stages At the end of the final larval stage, the once softbodied larva develops a hard outer shell and becomes a pupa Inside the insect begins reforming itself from the breakdown and rearrangement of larval tissue It is growing eyes, wings, and legs When it emerges from the pupa, it will be an adult insect
{D} slang to go straight ahead. ~ rüzgâr wind blowing astern, stern wind. ~ yelken gitmek (for a ship) to sail at maximum speed (owing to a stern wind)
pupal
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pu·pal
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[ 'pyü-p& ] (noun.) 1815. New Latin, from Latin pupa doll.