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Leave the larva stage
Answer for the clue "Leave the larva stage ", 6 letters:
pupate
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Word definitions for pupate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pupate \Pu"pate\, v. i. (Zo["o]l.) To become a pupa.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1864, from pupa + -ate (2). Related: Pupated ; pupating .
Usage examples of pupate.
When the larvae are ready to pupate, the platens are placed in lightweight plastic boxes, three platens, or six thousand bees, to a box, in a colour-coded storage area.
Wrapping cardboard or hessian around the trunk in December will attract pupating larvae.
When the grubs hatch, they bore nasty little holes in the tree, eventually pupating just under the bark.
The grubs pupated through several stages, feeding on the carion, until of a size to survive in the outside world as small gunnadu.