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PUPAL STAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

The resting stage (intermediate between larva and adult) in the life cycle of insects.

CONT

... the blackflies ... develop from eggs deposited at a streamside into slender, vase-shaped pupae and finally into mature flies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Stade intermédiaire entre la larve et l'imago.

OBS

«Chrysalide» désigne la pupe chez les lépidoptères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
DEF

Fase de la metamorfosis de los lepidópteros por la que evolucionan de larva a insecto perfecto.

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