Pupate is an English word with synonyms like grow or develop. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pupate meaning
To become a pupa.
Using Pupate
- The main meaning on this page is: To become a pupa.
- Useful related words include: grow, develop, produce, get.
- In the example corpus, pupate often appears in combinations such as: and pupate, pupate and.
Context around Pupate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pupate
- In this selection, "pupate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eventually and males stand out and add context to how "pupate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about and pupate on walls and and eventually pupate and emerge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pupate" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pupate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Once larvae mature, they crawl about and pupate on walls of buildings as well as on many non-hosts. (19 words)
After overwintering, they resume feeding in the spring and eventually pupate and emerge as adults to start the cycle over. (20 words)
Here they remain until they thrust through the cuticle and pupate (males) or release infective first- instar larvae onto flowers (females). (21 words)
When the larvae mature (usually 16 days after being hatched) they eat their way out of the fruit, drop to the ground, and pupate just below the soil and emerge within one to two weeks as mature flies. (38 words)
When the larvae are about ten weeks old, those not destined to pupate, and thus provide the next generation of mealworms, are sorted, cleaned and steamed to death. (28 words)
Here they remain until they thrust through the cuticle and pupate (males) or release infective first- instar larvae onto flowers (females). (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
Once larvae mature, they crawl about and pupate on walls of buildings as well as on many non-hosts.
When the larvae are about ten weeks old, those not destined to pupate, and thus provide the next generation of mealworms, are sorted, cleaned and steamed to death.
After overwintering, they resume feeding in the spring and eventually pupate and emerge as adults to start the cycle over.
Here they remain until they thrust through the cuticle and pupate (males) or release infective first- instar larvae onto flowers (females).
When the larvae mature (usually 16 days after being hatched) they eat their way out of the fruit, drop to the ground, and pupate just below the soil and emerge within one to two weeks as mature flies.
Common combinations with pupate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: