an insect between the larval and pupal stages of development
Examples of 'prepupa' in a sentence
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The development period of postfeeding larva, prepupa and pupa development was 322.26 h.
Rodrigo F. Krüger, Paulo B. Ribeiro, Cláudio J. B. de Carvalho, Paulo R. P. Costa 2002, 'Desenvolvimento de Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Diptera, Muscidae) em laboratório Developmentof Synthesiomyia Nudiseta (Diptera, Muscidae) in laboratory', Iheringia: Série Zoologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212002000400004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The prepupal period lasted 120.2 days and the prepupa stayed inactive in soil.
Sérgio Roberto Rodrigues, Crislany de Lima Barbosa, Anderson Puker, Alfredo Raul Abot,Sergio Ide 2008, 'Occurrence, biology and behavior of Liogenys fuscus Blanchard (Insecta, Coleoptera,Scarabaeidae) in Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Ocorrência, biologia e comportamentode Liogenys fuscus Blanchard (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) em Aquidauana, MatoGrosso do Sul, Brasil', Revista Brasileira de Entomologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262008000400015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The larval period represented 65.3% while the inative (prepupa + pupa) 34.7%.
Wagner Ricardo Santos Barros, Iracilda Maria de Moura Lima 2004, 'Desenvolvimento pré-imaginal de Eueides isabella dianasa (Hübner) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae,Heliconiinae) em folhas de Passiflora edulis L. (Passifloraceae) Preimaginal developmentof Eueides isabella dianasa (Hübner) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) on leavesof Passiflora edulis L. (Passifloraceae)', Revista Brasileira de Entomologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262004000100013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The survival rate of each life stage was: egg = 96.18%; larva = 95.38%; prepupa = 83.87%; pupa = 100%.
Mauricio M. Zenker, Alexandre Specht, Edegar Fronza, Graziela Poletto, Fernanda Marcon,Aline C. Formentini, Mateus Gedoz 2013, 'Biology and life table of Dirphia araucariae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): A herbivoreof potentially high impact on Araucaria angustifolia', Zoologia (Curitiba)http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Second, we find a significant divergence between the distribution of polygons in epithelia from mid-third instar larva versus early prepupa.
Daniel Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Aurora Sáez, Alberto Pascual, Luis M. Escudero 2013, 'Topological Progression in Proliferating Epithelia Is Driven by a Unique Variationin Polygon Distribution', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0079227. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)