Pupate definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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The United States Bureau of Entomology has shown that fly maggots travel downward through a manure pile as it comes time for the maggot to enter the ground and pupate, and an excellent maggot trap, consisting of an exposed manure platform raised on posts which are set in a concrete basin extending under the platform and filled with three or four inches of water, has been devised.

—Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

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intransitive verb To become a pupa.
intransitive verb To go through a pupal stage.

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Larvae hatch and are active on and underground until the following spring when they will pupate. — A Passion for Nature
Flea larvae molt twice before spinning a cocoon where their bodies pupate. — Epinions Recent Content for Home
They've grown rapidly from tiny bits just a few weeks ago to 3 inch long ready to pupate larvae. — Pure Florida
At this time the larvae migrate to the lower part of the droppings or into the soil to pupate and later emerge as adult flies. — CattleNetwork
One important difference is that these insects pupate, or spin their cocoons, on the ground under fallen leaves. — Database of Press Releases related to Africa