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Wiggler :: Wiggler (n.) The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail..

Seminymph :: Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.

Pupigerous :: Pupigerous (a.) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvae which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.

Ecdysis :: Ecdysis (n.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation..

Semi Pupa :: Semi pupa (n.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.

Stage :: Stage (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage..

Pruner :: Pruner (n.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa..

Pseudopupas :: Pseudopupas (pl. ) of Pseudopup.

Pupivora :: Pupivora (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects..

Nymph :: Nymph (n.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

Pupal :: Pupal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa..

Pseudoneuroptera :: Pseudoneuroptera (n. pl.) division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera..

Pupate :: Pupate (v. i.) To become a pupa.

Pupivorous :: Pupivorous (a.) Feeding on the pupae of insects.

Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.

Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..

Silkworm :: Silkworm (n.) The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa..

Chrysalis :: Chrysalis (n.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a)..

Pupa :: Pupa (n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage..

Teneral :: Teneral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring..

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