Pupate
verb
This is when an insect changes itself into a pupa to become an adult.
The caterpillar will pupate into a butterfly.
Often appears as...
- caterpillars pupate
- beetles pupate
Usage tips
Academic
verb
This is when an insect changes itself into a pupa to become an adult.
The caterpillar will pupate into a butterfly.
Often appears as...
- caterpillars pupate
- beetles pupate
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Term
Pupate is used in a biological context, mainly when discussing insect life cycles.
The entomology professor explained how larvae pupate before becoming adult insects.
Pro Tip 2/3Transformation Process
Pupate refers to a transformative stage, not just any change. It is specific to becoming a pupa.
The chrysalis stage is when the caterpillar will pupate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Human Related
Pupate should not be used to describe human changes, it's only for insects.
While teenagers change a lot, they do not pupate like insects.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Term
Pupate is used in a biological context, mainly when discussing insect life cycles.
The entomology professor explained how larvae pupate before becoming adult insects.
Pro Tip 2/3Transformation Process
Pupate refers to a transformative stage, not just any change. It is specific to becoming a pupa.
The chrysalis stage is when the caterpillar will pupate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Human Related
Pupate should not be used to describe human changes, it's only for insects.
While teenagers change a lot, they do not pupate like insects.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Term
Pupate is used in a biological context, mainly when discussing insect life cycles.
The entomology professor explained how larvae pupate before becoming adult insects.
Pro Tip 2/3Transformation Process
Pupate refers to a transformative stage, not just any change. It is specific to becoming a pupa.
The chrysalis stage is when the caterpillar will pupate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Human Related
Pupate should not be used to describe human changes, it's only for insects.
While teenagers change a lot, they do not pupate like insects.
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
pupate it you can see the one on the left and these two which I didn't mean to do this to because I didn't think there would be anything here and have not be paid to just yet I don't know what la vie is it would be maybe a boring beetle larvae perhaps some of you have known maybe they've been identified before this is on a murder
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
And what it does when it's ready to pupate, instead of turning that spider into a bodyguard, it gets the spider to build a special kind of web. And so normally webs are designed to catch insects, this web is designed to support the weight of the cocoon. And so the wasp larva waits
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Design at the...
And after four weeks of feeding, they were ready to spin with us. We placed them carefully at the bottom rim of the scaffold, and as they spin they pupate, they mate, they lay eggs, and life begins all over again -- just like us but much, much shorter.
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These Caterpillars Never...
having fed so richly on the entrails of their caterpillar hosts the wasp grubs are ready to pupate as soon as they emerge and they start straightaway to spin their silken cocoons ten days later they have become adult wasps and are
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
him on a oh no that's not gonna do that's not gonna do turn a speed and you put him on a sort of in a box with the food that he likes to eat and there's a very good chance it'll pupate and then become whatever it is that you're
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Ant Queens Forge an...
the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
the eggs soon hatch fed by the queens the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first
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Best Of Animal Teamwork...
the eggs soon hatch fed by the queens the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first
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The Trials Of Life...
having fed so richly on the entrails of their caterpillar hosts the wasp grubs are ready to pupate as soon as they
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerge from these silky cocoons
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
pupate it you can see the one on the left and these two which I didn't mean to do this to because I didn't think there would be anything here and have not be paid to just yet I don't know what la vie is it would be maybe a boring beetle larvae perhaps some of you have known maybe they've been identified before this is on a murder
Video examples
Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
And what it does when it's ready to pupate, instead of turning that spider into a bodyguard, it gets the spider to build a special kind of web. And so normally webs are designed to catch insects, this web is designed to support the weight of the cocoon. And so the wasp larva waits
Video examples
Design at the...
And after four weeks of feeding, they were ready to spin with us. We placed them carefully at the bottom rim of the scaffold, and as they spin they pupate, they mate, they lay eggs, and life begins all over again -- just like us but much, much shorter.
Video examples
These Caterpillars Never...
having fed so richly on the entrails of their caterpillar hosts the wasp grubs are ready to pupate as soon as they emerge and they start straightaway to spin their silken cocoons ten days later they have become adult wasps and are
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
him on a oh no that's not gonna do that's not gonna do turn a speed and you put him on a sort of in a box with the food that he likes to eat and there's a very good chance it'll pupate and then become whatever it is that you're
Video examples
Ant Queens Forge an...
the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
the eggs soon hatch fed by the queens the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first
Video examples
Best Of Animal Teamwork...
the eggs soon hatch fed by the queens the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first
Video examples
The Trials Of Life...
having fed so richly on the entrails of their caterpillar hosts the wasp grubs are ready to pupate as soon as they
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerge from these silky cocoons
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