pupal stage
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pupal
adjective
uk/ˈpjuː.pəl/us/ˈpjuː.pəl/
relating to a pupa (= an insect in the stage of development when it is inside a hard covering, before it becomes ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk/steɪdʒ/us/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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Egg survival averaged 99.5%, and survival to adulthood from thepupalstagewas 100% regardless of host plant (excluding chilli) (fig. 3).
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The deposition of pigments in the eye occurs during the mid-latepupalstage.
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Rainfall in the current month may also encourage disease at thepupalstageand cause mortality if heavy during the vulnerable eclosion period.
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Table 1 shows the mean time of development for each larval instar andpupalstage, calculated for the 16 complete cohorts among the 58 initiated.
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A higher proportion of parasitoids in host pupae developed to thepupalstageat the time of collection.
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This resulted in an overall reduction in the mean development time to thepupalstageof approximately 7 days.
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In all three winter seasons, under the semi-natural conditions, the highest level of mortality was observed at thepupalstage.
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This prediction was confirmed by the higher mortality in thepupalstage.
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Individuals were separated into males and females at thepupalstage.
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In insects under observation thepupalstagelasted 17-19 days.
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Therefore, for this experiment, development was considered complete when the larvae reached thepupalstage.
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The egg-stage lasted 6-8 days, the four larval stages 17-21 days, and thepupalstage7-8 days.
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Zareh et al. (1980) found a reduction in female fecundity in the lines exposed to parasitoids, possibly a direct effect of the shorterpupalstage.
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Fly lines exposed to parasitism evolved heavier puparia and a shorterpupalstageduration.
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Separation at thepupalstagea few days before emergence would be preferable as it would leave more time to transport irradiated male pupae to release sites.
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After completing the larval andpupalstage, it is possible that new adults remain within the same area, maintaining high levels of herbivory in high density patches.
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Newly emerged larvae that were placed on plastic surfaces did not form a cocoon and although they would enter a ' prepupal ' stage, they eventually died before reaching thepupalstage.
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Thepupalstagelasted approximately ten days.
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Hence, the expression pattern of the 412 retrotransposon during development depended on the population, but was mostly observed atpupalstageand in young adults.
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Larval development duration was highly variable, spreading between 9 and 13 days to pupation, but eclosion from thepupalstagewas spread over just 2 days.
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