Insect stage after larva
The crossword clue "Insect stage after larva" is answered by PUPA, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PUPA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUPA answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PUPA
Every other clue in this collection answered by PUPA, most used first.
- Insect stage - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Cocoon occupant - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Former larva - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Stage after larva - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Chrysalis - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Chrysalis, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Metamorphosis stage - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Cocoon contents - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Cocoon dweller - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Insect in a cocoon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Cocoon inhabitant - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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