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Unlike most butterflies, this species pupates underground.
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After three to seven days, the larvae fall to the ground and burrow into the soil to pupate, transforming into flies.
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Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2025
The larvae infest the food but can move some distance away to pupate, spinning a silken cocoon and attaching to the wall, under a shelf, or inside a box of food.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Yet those larvae start eating aphids right away to prepare for pupating in three to four weeks.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025
The larvae drop to the ground to pupate in summer and emerge as adults the following spring.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
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Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2025
The larvae infest the food but can move some distance away to pupate, spinning a silken cocoon and attaching to the wall, under a shelf, or inside a box of food.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Yet those larvae start eating aphids right away to prepare for pupating in three to four weeks.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025
The larvae drop to the ground to pupate in summer and emerge as adults the following spring.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
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“Pupate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pupate. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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pupate
verb
pu·pate
ˈpyü-ˌpāt 
pupated; pupating
: to become a pupa : pass through the stage of the pupa
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