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pupate

[ UK /pjˈuːpe‍ɪt/ ]
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  1. develop into a pupa
    the insect larva pupate

How To Use pupate In A Sentence

  • After feeding, caterpillars pupate in a chrysalis, then transform into beautiful butterflies.
  • The larva would have pupated in the stump and emerged on the threshold of summer to find a mate. Country diary: Wenlock Edge
  • When they are fully developed, the larvae drop to the soil, burrow one inch or less and pupate.
  • Eventually the parasitic caterpillar pupates, later emerging as an adult butterfly.
  • They live and feed in these cases, emerging only to pupate. Insecta (Aquatic)
  • After reaching the 4th instar, the larva pupates and, later, transforms into an adult that is ready to emerge from the seed.
  • Others on the move include bats, which have taken to using canals as a seasonal corridor in the warmth, according to a report from British Waterways, and thousands of browntail moth caterpillars, which have spun sticky canopies of cocoons on Canvey island, in Essex, to pupate earlier than usual. The Guardian World News
  • The caterpillars pupate into these beautiful little cocoon things that hang from the sides of the tent. Tickles
  • the insect larva pupate
  • This spinneret creates the silk that is needed for the caterpillar to spin a cocoon in which it will pupate. Insecta (Aquatic)
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