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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of pupating, or the state of being a pupa; the pupal condition; the time during which an insect is a pupa.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The act or process of pupating.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) the act of becoming a pupa.

Examples

  • “Ben Hilfenhaus's pupation for Tasmania in domestic cricket over the past year after he was dropped from the international side has been even more remarkable.”

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  • “In The Common Insects of North America, Swan and Papp (1972) write: It constructs brood cells of cow dung; in the Southeast egg laying takes place in January, pupation in May.”

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  • “In The Common Insects of North America, Swan and Papp 1972 write:It constructs brood cells of cow dung; in the Southeast egg laying takes place in January, pupation in May.”

    Metallic green dung beetle on a winter day

  • “In general the first instar is the shortest and the last instar is the longest as the larva needs to acquire the most energy in preparation for pupation.”

    Insecta (Aquatic)

  • “After passing through three larval instars, the last stage crawls onto land to spin a cocoon for pupation.”

    Insecta (Aquatic)

  • “Prior to pupation, the larvae do not excrete any metabolic waste in the form of feces.”

    Insecta (Aquatic)

  • “Some even went back into pupation to change later in life.”

    Crystal Rain

  • “Was this value the percentage progeny that hatched or progeny that survived pupation or progeny that survived to maturity?”

    How many species? - The Panda's Thumb

  • “How long does it take for pupation after the caterpillar glues himself down?”

    Guilt.

  • “Several more were bound in a neatly corrugated cascade down his back, which made him look like some exotic form of caterpillar, balanced precariously upright in mid-pupation.”

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes

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