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After the glowworm reaches maturity, it spins a cocoon and pupates.

From Scientific American • May 21, 2012

Ms. Kassinger witnesses the exact moment a caterpillar pupates.

From New York Times • May 16, 2010

Similarly the Horse-bot escapes from the host's intestine with the excrement, and pupates on the ground.

From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)

By April it has become fully grown and pupates in an earthen chamber a few inches below the surface.

From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)

When fully grown the maggot works its way through the hole in the host's skin, and falling to the ground pupates in some sheltered spot, the life cycle occupying about a year.

From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)