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pupa

Nonfeeding, largely immobile stage of some insect life cycles, in which larval tissues are broken down, and adult tissues and structures are formed.

In many insects, the pupa is exarate, with the appendages (legs, antennae, wings) visible outside the pupal case; in butterflies and moths, it is called a chrysalis, and is obtect, with the appendages developing inside the case.
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They watched them pupate, and when more than 200 painted lady butterflies emerged, the children released them in a colourful cloud around the garden.
Painted ladies cause a flutter; Pupils help hatch green award by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
They watched them pupate, and when more than 200 painted lady butterflies emerged, the children released them in a colourful cloud around the garden in the school grounds.
Pupils hatch plot; BUTTERFLIES ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE FOR SCHOOL'S NEW ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
It is time these pests disappeared to the sheltered spot to pupate for the winter but these mild conditions are encouraging them to stay and feed even more on my winter crops.
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