pupate

In time, the larva will pupate inside it, erupting through its exoskeleton when mature, ready to repeat this grisly process for another generation.

Uninfected caterpillars would wander up and down the mesh, but would return to the bottom before pupating.

A long sigh of relief the gardener or farmer draws when the caterpillars lie quiet to pupate.

That caterpillar did not, however, pupate, or survive the winter.

When ready to pupate they go a short distance into the ground.

Some few leave their feeding place and pupate after traversing a short distance (Eristalis).

It enters the soil, burrows to a depth of one-half to two inches, and forms an earthern cell in which to pupate.