Explore Pupating through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pupating meaning
present participle and gerund of pupate
Using Pupating
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of pupate
Context around Pupating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pupating
- In this selection, "pupating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, usually, inside and caterpillars stand out and add context to how "pupating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include catch the pupating caterpillars of and hosts usually pupating inside or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pupating" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pupating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A few butterflies and many moth species spin a silk case or cocoon prior to pupating, while others do not, instead going underground. (23 words)
Braconid and other parasitic wasps lay their eggs in lepidopteran eggs or larvae and the wasps' parasitoid larvae devour their hosts, usually pupating inside or outside the desiccated husk. (29 words)
When their constellation of the Caterpillar-Jaguar (roughly equivalent to the modern Scorpius) falls they prepare to catch the pupating caterpillars of the forest as they fall from the trees. (30 words)
When their constellation of the Caterpillar-Jaguar (roughly equivalent to the modern Scorpius) falls they prepare to catch the pupating caterpillars of the forest as they fall from the trees. (30 words)
Braconid and other parasitic wasps lay their eggs in lepidopteran eggs or larvae and the wasps' parasitoid larvae devour their hosts, usually pupating inside or outside the desiccated husk. (29 words)
A few butterflies and many moth species spin a silk case or cocoon prior to pupating, while others do not, instead going underground. (23 words)
Example sentences (3)
A few butterflies and many moth species spin a silk case or cocoon prior to pupating, while others do not, instead going underground.
Braconid and other parasitic wasps lay their eggs in lepidopteran eggs or larvae and the wasps' parasitoid larvae devour their hosts, usually pupating inside or outside the desiccated husk.
When their constellation of the Caterpillar-Jaguar (roughly equivalent to the modern Scorpius) falls they prepare to catch the pupating caterpillars of the forest as they fall from the trees.