pharate

pharate
a) Waiting to emerge from a cocoon.
b) In transition between stages of development.

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  • phthisergate — n. [Gr. phthisis, decline; ergates, worker] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Formicidae, an emaciated pharate adult worker due to parasitic feeding in the larval, prepupal or pharate adult stage by the larval ant chalcid wasp of the family Eucharitidae;… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • Ecdysis — For other uses, see Ecdysis (disambiguation). Series of pictures showing the progression of ecdysis in Callinectes sapidus, the blue crab Ecdysis (from Ancient Greek: ἐκδύω – ekduo – to take off, strip off …   Wikipedia

  • H. E. Hinton — Professor Howard Everest Hinton, FRS (24 August 1912 2 August 1977) was a British entomologist. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of insects and was inordinately fond of beetles. He published 309 scientific papers, many of which were concerned… …   Wikipedia

  • molt — n. [L. mutare, to change] The periodic process of loosening and discarding the cuticle, accompanied by the formation of a new cuticla in the process of growth; may be divided into two distinct processes: apolysis and ecdysis; see pharate …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • phanerocephalic pupa — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, the pupal stage between the cryptocephalic pupa and the pharate adult …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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