help wanted please

[Gary.L.Cave at aphis.usda.gov]

Eclosion - escape of the adult insect from the cuticle of the pupa, the
cocoon, or the puparium, or, in hemimetabolous insects, from the cuticle of
     the last numphal instar (Tulloch, G. S.  1989.  Revised Edition of A
Glossary of Entomology)

 Eclosion - The act (process) of hatching (emerging) from the eggshell
(Gordh, G. and D. H. Headrick.  2001. A Dictionary of Entomology)

 Eclosion - hatching from the egg (Borror, D. J., DeLong, D. M. and C. A.
Triplehorn.  1981.  An Introduction to the Study of Insects)

 Eclosion - 1) the act of emerging from the pupal case; 2) the act of
hatching from the egg (Webster, A. M. 1993.  Webster's Third New
     International Dictionary)

Choose your poison!

Gary L. Cave, Ph.D.
Senior Entomologist
USDA, APHIS, PPQ
Center For Plant Health Science and Technology
Raleigh, NC




"Carlos P" <carloszeca at hotmail.com>@lists.yale.edu on 12/10/2001 03:54:15
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I think that eclosion is more related with the act of get out of the egg.
And emergency is related with the act of get out of pupal stage. In
portuguese we have a name for the transition phase between larvae and
butterfly but is not scientific: casulo. The translate is coccon.

Carlos



>From: Eric or Pat Metzler
>Reply-To: spruance at infinet.com
>To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
>Subject: Re: help wanted please
>Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:12:40 -0500
>
>Here's the word you seek. Eclosion. from the Latin. defined as the act
>of emerging from the pupal case. You'll get lots of responses - on this
>one let the dictionaries, both scientific and popular be your guide.
>
>Eric H. Metzler
>
>Tim Schut wrote:
>
> > Is there a (sientific or latin) name for the transitionphase between
larve
> > and buttrefly? (cocoon). Perhaps there is a latin verb for it. I think
of
> > using it as a name for a huge project what will have to transform our
> > company in a lean an mean firm. I was inspired by the "Acherontia Styx"
> > which has a very nice larve phase and also a nice moth as a result of
the
> > morphing phase. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > tim
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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