pupal
Speech parts
1. pupal - Adjective
2. pupal - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.
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the pupal stage
After it emerges from its pupal stage, a butterfly cannot fly until the wings are unfolded.
Anatomy of an adult mosquito Adult mosquitoes usually mate within a few days after emerging from the pupal stage.
The lepidopteran pupa, known as a chrysalis in the case of butterflies, has functional mandibles with appendages fused or glued to the body in most species, while the pupal mandibles are not functional in others.
The Eriocraniidae have a short coiled proboscis in the adult stage, and though they retain their pupal mandibles with which they escaped the cocoon, their mandibles are non-functional thereafter.
Interaction between the pupal brain and prothoracic glands in the metamorphosis of the giant silkworm "Platysamia cecropia".