What Do You Mean by Puparium?

: a rigid outer shell formed from the larval skin that covers some pupae (as of a dipteran fly)

What is called Puparium?

Puparium. Some pupae remain inside the exoskeleton of the final larval instar and this last larval "shell" is called a puparium (plural, puparia).

How is Puparium formed by the larva?

life cycle of flies

A puparium is formed in flies of the family Stratiomyidae and others that have maggots as larvae (all Cyclorrhapha).

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