pupa - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • form: The lower image shows a recently formed pupa found attached to a leaf.
  • reveal: After about two days it makes the final molt to reveal the pretty pupa.
  • kill: Also, the pesticide will not kill the pupa until they emerge as wasps.

Adjective modifier

  • brown: The caterpillar will turn into a small brown pupa hidden in the leaf which will then emerge as a small brown moth.

Modifies a noun

  • stage: The adult, larval and pupa stages are under the ground and out of view.
  • cannot: The very distinctive pupa cannot be mistaken for any other species.

Preposition: of

  • moth: The invertebrate in the is picture on the right is likely to be a pupa of a moth?
  • butterfly: Palermo 27 What name is given to the pupa of a butterfly?

Noun used with modifier

  • sedge: Fishing slightly up and across with a cdc sedge pupa I managed to hook the first two grayling and suddenly everything was alright.
  • whitefly: A small hole maybe found after the adult wasp has emerged from the whitefly pupa.
  • butterfly: Each individual butterfly pupa that they can ship to one of these customers can be worth between 2 and 5 UK pounds.
  • moth: Moths found in Quaker Oats packs Boxes of Quaker Oats are pulled from the shelves because of the presence of moth pupae and larvae.

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