This time it forms a stiff, white cover and is called a pupa PYOO-puh. From Wordnik.com. [Firefly Id | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
This time it forms a stiff, white cover and is called a pupa (PYOO-puh). From Wordnik.com. [SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1079] Reference
Examine the brown pupa carefully and see if it can move. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
Aurelia: = chrysalis or pupa; specifically of butterflies. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Glossotheca: that part of the pupa which covers the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Ophthalmotheca: that part of the pupa that covers the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Gasterotheca: that part of the pupa case that covers the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Make drawings of the different stages, wiggler, pupa and mosquito. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
Fig. 11 shows the eggs, larva, and pupa, natural size and enlarged. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
The pupa state lasts several weeks, when the mature fly issues forth. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The young louse-fly emerges from the pupa in from three to four weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Biomorphotica: those neuropterous insects in which the pupa is active. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The pupa is three-fourths of an inch long, and of a mahogany brown color. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
Our illustration shows the wingless female and pupa natural size and magnified. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
When full grown they will burrow into the sand in the jar and change to the pupa. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
If we look about us near the water side, we shall be sure to find some empty pupa skins. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
In more southern regions the butterfly pupa rests not more than fourteen days in summer. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885] Reference
There are successive broods during the season, and the winter is passed in the pupa stage. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
I am not, however, acquainted with either larva or pupa, but hope to become so this summer. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
What time in the spring do the caterpillars change to the pupa and when do the moths emerge?. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
The butterfly does, indeed, emerge from the coffin of the cocoon and the seemingly dead pupa. From Wordnik.com. [The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers] Reference
The pupa is black with greyish white mottlings, while the female is deep greenish black in colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The imago leaves the pupa after from five or six weeks, an uncommonly long period for a butterfly. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885] Reference
In some cases the grubs may feed for three years before they change to the pupa and later to the adult beetle. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
Chrysalis or - id: applied specifically to the intermedial stage between larva and adult in butterflies: see pupa. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Here they spin their cocoons and change to a small, brown, plump pupa and after a few days the winged moth emerges. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
Notopleural suture: = dorso-pleural suture; q.v. Nototheca: that part of the pupa covering upper surface of abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Metabola: insects with a complete metamorphosis in which the larva does not resemble the adult, and the pupa is quiescent. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Micropterygidae; mandibles not functionally present; pupa incomplete or obtect: see paleolepidoptera and protolepidoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Cocoon-breaker: structures or processes of the pupa, often on the head, by means of which it works its way out of the cocoon. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
They then excavate pupa cells in which to transform into adults, which emerge from the wood through exit holes in the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
When the wiggler is full grown it changes to an active pupa which has a large head and a slender tail and is more or less coiled. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
Nymph: the larval stage of insects with incomplete metamorphosis: applies also to their pupal stage, and sometimes used as = pupa. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Cut open a cocoon and examine the pupa, noting the mummy-like case on which can be seen the impressions of the wings developing within. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
If it is in the summer the miller will appear in a week, but if it is in the late fall it will simply pass the winter in the pupa stage. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Insects] Reference
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