Before the second winter, the larvae reach their final stage but don't pupate. Instead, they enter obligatory diapause, a natural dormancy phase in their life cycle.

Insects may have complete or incomplete (simple) metamorphosis. The life cycle of insects with complete metamorphosis includes egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Eggs hatch to give rise to a worm-like larva ...

Ant pupae—which are equivalent to the chrysalis stage of the butterfly—produce a milklike substance derived from molting fluid that is eaten by both adult ants and larvae. Typically, when insects molt ...

The larva of an insect makes a hormone which keeps it from changing into a pupa until it has reached its full growth. Recent experiments with this substance have produced both dwarf and giant ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 84, No. 1, Mar., 2001 Seasonal Abundance of a Pupal Parasitoid... Seasonal abundance of a pupal parasitoid Diapetimorpha ...