The transitional stage in the life cycle of an insect between LARVA and IMAGO. During the pupa stage the insect does not feed and is usually cocooned in a protective casing, which gives the appearance that the insect is dormant. This is not so as,...

That immature stage between the larva and adult in insects having complete metamorphosis. This is a stage of major transformation. Among higher flies the pupa is inside the...

The process of hatching from the egg or of emerging as an...

A pupa (Latin pupa for doll, pl: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, going through four life stages; embryo,...