The insect larva pupate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It was as if I had warned them that I was about to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Alt Text: Camping Trip Reveals Joys of 'Data Isolation'] Reference
They live and feed in these cases, emerging only to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
Then the caterpillars pupate, the moths come out, and in July and. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
The maggots eventually pupate into flies and the cycle continues. From Wordnik.com. [two science q's] Reference
Once mature, the larvae crawl out of the water and pupate in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
Free-living forms - these larvae do not make a case until they pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
Leave them in the wilderness to pupate into something different or die. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Pledges to Appoint Republican to Cabinet - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
They then pupate, and from sixteen to twenty days later the adult beetles emerge. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
My neighbor girls found this exact pupate in the deep woods on a rock behind our home. From Wordnik.com. [Yellow caterpillar ready to go] Reference
The larvae then bore their way out of the fruit and drop to the soil where they pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
Because he was fully mature and crawling around on the ground, I expected him to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Guilt.] Reference
These flies do not lay eggs but produce full-grown larvæ which soon pupate in the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
The larvae complete their growth in four or five weeks when they enter the ground to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
Each molt is called an instar, and five instars occur before a larva is big enough to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [4 Operating a Butterfly Farm] Reference
The larvae feed and pupate within their chambers, which the mother has provisioned with food. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost of Protagoras] Reference
Larvae feed on the seeds, burrow out of the fruit, drop to the ground, and pupate in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [8: Plant protection and pest control] Reference
Aquatic moths pupate on riverbottom stones, where the adults hatch and then swim to the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing the Dry Fly Wet] Reference
The caterpillars pupate into these beautiful little cocoon things that hang from the sides of the tent. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
The white, legless larvae feed on the inside of the kernels, then pupate, and finally emerge as weevils. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
You send away, get a half dozen caterpillars, watch them pupate, and, hopefully, hatch into butterflies. From Wordnik.com. [The Bright Elusive Butterflies Of Love] Reference
This spinneret creates the silk that is needed for the caterpillar to spin a cocoon in which it will pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
It enters the soil, burrows to a depth of one-half to two inches, and forms an earthern cell in which to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The ants are thus tricked into thinking the caterpillars are their own offspring and feed and care for them until they pupate. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolutionary War] Reference
After about a week the larvae drop from the wound to pupate in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Yemen Observer] Reference
Flea larvae molt twice before spinning a cocoon where their bodies pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
These larvæ pupate and remain as pupæ in the wheat stubble during the summer. From Wordnik.com. [Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition] Reference
From larvae stage, it takes about 2-8 weeks to migrate to the ground and pupate. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Hormonal changes make them stop feeding and wander around looking for a place to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [D Mag - News] Reference
Tsetse flies (Glossinia) bring forth nearly mature larvae, which pupate soon after birth. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
A six instar has shed it skin five times and will feed, bury itself in the soil, and pupate. From Wordnik.com. [High Plains Journal] Reference
A long sigh of relief the gardener or farmer draws when the caterpillars lie quiet to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies] Reference
In time they pupate and at the end of six weeks the first workers -- all tiny Minims -- hatch. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
My only consolation was that it was feeding, and would not pupate until I could make a picture. From Wordnik.com. [Moths of the Limberlost] Reference
Larvae hatch and are active on and underground until the following spring when they will pupate. From Wordnik.com. [A Passion for Nature] Reference
They've grown rapidly from tiny bits just a few weeks ago to 3 inch long ready to pupate larvae. From Wordnik.com. [Pure Florida] Reference
By the time the female caterpillars pupate, they are larger, making for larger moths when they emerge. From Wordnik.com. [D Mag - News] Reference
Beetle larvae pupate for a some time, and from the pupa emerges a fully formed, adult beetle, or the imago. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
These hungry youngsters feed, hidden from view, for a month or so and then drop down into the soil to pupate. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND] Reference
A faceless 'civic group' which seems to pupate in the warm atmosphere of the election season has entered the fray. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
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