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exarate pupa
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insect larvae
- In insect: Types of larvae
…less glued to the body; exarate, with the appendages free and not glued to the body; and coarctate, which is essentially exarate but remaining covered by the cast skins (exuviae) of the next to the last larval instar (name given to the form of an insect between molts).
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lepidopterans
- In lepidopteran: Pupa, or chrysalis
…is greatest in small and exarate pupae (those in which the appendages are not fixed to the body by a skin or sheath) and least in large or compact ones.
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