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Recent Examples of pupa
When infected with a fungal pathogen, the pupae undergo chemical changes on their outer surface, which produces a distinctive odor.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Dec. 2025
Sure enough, the worker ants destroyed the disease-scented pupae.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
Scientists had already figured out that when these pupae are terminally ill, there is a chemical change that produces a particular smell.
—CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
Adults emerge from the pupae and begin feeding, mating and laying eggs.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Dec. 2025
Sure enough, the worker ants destroyed the disease-scented pupae.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
Scientists had already figured out that when these pupae are terminally ill, there is a chemical change that produces a particular smell.
—CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
Adults emerge from the pupae and begin feeding, mating and laying eggs.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupa
larva
Noun
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People often submerse themselves in water to ease their suffering, allowing the worm to release larva that then infect others.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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The larva of the insect can burrow into the flesh of living mammals like cows and horses, and can be deadly.—
CBS Texas Staff,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Pupa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupa. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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