pupa
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.6|Pupa of the rose chafer beetle, Cetonia aurata thumb|Tumbler (pupa) of a mosquito. Unlike most pupae, tumblers can swim around actively. A pupa (; : pupae) is the life stage of insects from the Holometabola clade undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages thereof being egg, larva, pupa, and imago. The processes of entering and completing the pupal stage are controlled by the insect's hormones, especially juvenile hormone, prothoraci
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A pupa is a stage in the life cycle of certain insects where they transform from their immature larval form into their adult form. This transformation stage is important because it allows insects like beetles and mosquitoes to completely reorganize their bodies, enabling them to develop wings, change their body structure, and transition to their adult lifestyle.
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13 sectionsContents
- Position in life cycle
- Duration
- Emergence
- Pupal mating
- Defense
- Types
- Chrysalis
- Cocoon
- Puparium
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.6|Pupa of the rose chafer beetle, Cetonia aurata thumb|Tumbler (pupa) of a mosquito. Unlike most pupae, tumblers can swim around actively. A pupa (; : pupae) is the life stage of insects from the Holometabola clade undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages thereof being egg, larva, pupa, and imago. The processes of entering and completing the pupal stage are controlled by the insect's hormones, especially juvenile hormone, prothoracicotropic hormone, and ecdysone. The act of becoming a pupa is called pupation, and the act of emerging from the pupal case is called eclosion or emergence.
The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as chrysalis for the pupae of butterflies and tumbler for those of the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests, or shells.