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“pupa”
The phase of development of an insect after it has been a larva and prior to becoming an adult: The pupa is the inactive instar of the holometabolous insects, or complete metamorphosis, with larval and pupal stages in the life history, (including the hymenoptera or membranous wings of the insects) during which development into the final adult form is completed.
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