Pupa

pupa. The nonfeeding, inactive stage between larva and adult in insects with complete metamorphosis.
pupate. To molt from the larval stage to the pupa.
pustule. Small blisterlike elevation of epidermis from which spores emerge.

pupa The stage between larva and adult in insects that go through complete metamorphosis.

The pupa forms within the dead shoot on the vine or on the ground. Development to the adult is completed afterabout two weeks. The pupa is light- colored but becomes darker just prior to emergence.

The pupa resembles a waxy, jade vase and becomes increasingly transparent as the process progresses. The caterpillar completes the miraculous transformation into a beautiful adult butterfly in about two weeks.

The pupa (cocoon or chrysalis) stage lasts from ten days to eight months, depending on the species (this is where the patience comes in). You can move the pupae to a cage at this point.

The tobacco budworm spends the winter in Colorado as a pupa. The pupal stage occurs below ground, buried 4 to 6 inches deep, and is formed within a packed earthen cell the full-grown caterpillar produces.

There are four stages to a butterfly's life cycle: egg, larva, chrysalis (pupa), and adult. All stages of the life cycle require specific plants to ensure the attraction of butterflies. An adult butterfly lays its eggs on a host plant.

Sri Lanka Weevil eggs, larva, pupa, and adults have no natural enemies that are known of in Florida. Birds, anole or other lizards, and carnivorous insects do not seem to find them edible.

The caterpillars must molt, or crawl out of their skins several times before changing into a chrysalis, their pupa stage. An adult butterfly emerges from the pupa and flies off in search of food and host plants for laying its own eggs.

Once they fill up their reserves with food, the larvae go through the pupa stage, where they essentially hibernate inside a cocoon until they emerge as a butterfly.

Of course, you can also carefully prune the damaged leaves from the plants once the caterpillars have passed into their pupa stage - just be careful to avoid cutting off any branches that bear a chrysalis (a pupa's protective covering).

Typically, Japanese beetle grubs are active near the surface when the soil temperature reaches 60 degrees. In late May the grubs enter a pupa stage. The pupa will soon produce mature beetles that will emerge in June to begin the cycle again.

Larva (pl. larvae)-The immature form of insect that develops through the process of complete metamorphosis, including egg, several larval stages, pupa, and adult. In mites, the first-stage immature is also called a larva.

a true butterfly garden should contain host plants as well. These play a very important role, as each species of butterfly selects a particular plant or plants on which to lay eggs, and on which its caterpillars will feed and grow until the pupa is ...

See also: Plant, Larva, Stage, Insect, Spring