Pupae in a sentence

While in most cases, adults, larvae or pupae are eaten as staples by indigenous people, beondegi or silkworm pupae are eaten as a snack in Korean cuisine Robinson, Martin; Bartlett, Ray and Whyte, Rob (2007) Korea.

Others overwinter as larvae, forming pupae from which adults emerge in April and May.

Racing through the research I found that the pupae were just about the shape and color of the horrific hornworms.

Like a marauding army, they attack honey bee hives, killing adult bees and devouring larvae and pupae, WSU said.

Young colony of the black garden ant (Lasius niger) with queen, workers and brood (eggs, larvae and pupae) in a glass tube that serves as a nest.

However, when the pupae and their substances were removed the bees did not show a sleep rebound, suggesting they were not sleep deprived in the expected way.

Fifty-five of these pupae were parasitized.

One of the kookier dishes on the menu is Bugs in my Salad, a dish of green salad, soy wasabi dressing, and crunchy fried Thai pupae.

Caterpillars and pupae fall prey not only to birds, but also to invertebrate predators and small mammals, as well as fungi and bacteria.

Commercial silks originate from reared silkworm pupae, which are bred to produce a white-colored silk thread with no mineral on the surface.

Darwin noted that some species of slave-making ants were more dependent on slaves than others, and he observed that many ant species will collect and store the pupae of other species as food.

Larvae and pupae need to be kept at fairly constant temperatures to ensure proper development, and so often, are moved around among the various brood chambers within the colony.

Most solitary bees and bumble bees in temperate climates overwinter as adults or pupae and emerge in spring when increasing numbers of flowering plants come into bloom.

Pupae always have no mandibles (are adecticous).

The imagines emerge from the pupae between late May and August, the males slightly before the females (this is common and expected from sexual selection ).

The pupae are killed by either dipping them in boiling water before the adult moths emerge or by piercing them with a needle.

The wax canopy has been removed to show winged workers and pupae in irregularly placed wax cells.

Thus, seeds, spores, eggs, pupae, cysts or other "over-wintering" stages of sexual reproduction ensure the survival during unfavorable times and the organism can "wait out" adverse situations until a swing back to suitability occurs.

Within hours, the wings form a cuticle so hard and well-joined to the body that pupae can be picked up and handled without damage to the wings.