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Additionally, females search for hosts (typically the pupae of bees and other wasps) and are more likely to encounter defending adults at nests.
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The new species spends most of the year — roughly nine months — as pupae before emerging as adults, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Solitary bees, bumble bees, moths, and butterflies—whether as eggs, pupae, or adults—often use the leaf layer for warmth and protection during the cold winter months.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2024
This pest overwinters as a pupae close to host plants.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The new species spends most of the year — roughly nine months — as pupae before emerging as adults, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
Solitary bees, bumble bees, moths, and butterflies—whether as eggs, pupae, or adults—often use the leaf layer for warmth and protection during the cold winter months.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2024
This pest overwinters as a pupae close to host plants.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupa
larva
Noun
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The larva will soon be done feeding, or may have already left the leaf, having matured into an adult that flew away.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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The animal is a large male that may have hitched a ride as a larva in the ballast water of a boat.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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“Pupa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupa. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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