(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
COLEOPTERA PUPAE (examples, not to scale)
Larva : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : LepidopteraPupa/Puparium : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : LepidopteraDiptera : Anterior spiracles : Posterior spiracles : Cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton
The pupae of beetles have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths.
Isochnus sequensi dorsal [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Isochnus sequensi ventral [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Orchestes alni ventral[Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Orchestes testaceus ventro-lateral [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Trachys scrobiculatus dorsal [Coleoptera: Buprestidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)