pupa

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• A pupa covered by the hardened 3rd larval skin is known as a coarctate pupa..
• After feeding, caterpillars pupate in a chrysalis, then transform into beautiful butterflies.
• Because SeTre-1 was expressed at a higher level in the prepupal stage, whereas PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
• It's a strange -- looking creature we see emerging from the pupa and abovewater's surface.
• Although the adult doesn't look much like a scale, the nymph and pupa do.
• Once the snout contacted an ant larva or pupa, the snake would slide the ventral surface of its snout over the top of the prey until the prey item was positioned at or near the front of the mouth.
• The larva would have pupated in the stump and emerged on the threshold of summer to find a mate. Country diary: Wenlock Edge
• While rodents often succeed in opening cocoons and extracting the nutritious pupae, birds rarely invest the time and effort needed to pierce the silken armor.
• Adult female parasites lay an egg on the fly pupa within the puparium.
• When preparing for pupation, the hellgrammite emerges from the water and quickly moves across the earth's surface.