pharate

Etymology
, suggesting the process of being about to shed the old skin.

Adjective

 * 1)  In the final stages of conversion from pupa to adult, e.g. waiting to emerge from a cocoon, or escaping from an aquatic pupal stage to terrestrial adulthood.
 * 2) * 1968 Hinton, H. E. Spiracular Gills, Advances in Insect Physiology Vol. 5 Academic Press
 * Each new instar or stage of an arthropod begins enclosed within the cuticle of the previous instar or stage. That part of it that is spent enveloped by the cuticle of the previous instar or stage is known as the pharate phase or stage, or simply as the pharate larva, pupa, or adult, as the case may be.
 * 1)  In transition between major stages of development, e.g. from pupa to imago.
 * 2) * 1981Thomson, John A. Speculations on the evolution of the insect storage proteins. Evolution and Speciation. ISBN 0 521 23823 4
 * Where the fat body cells are not replaced at metamorphosis, the larval storage proteins are withdrawn during pharate adult development, the protein granules become smaller and less numerous, and the fat body shrinks (e.g., in mosquitoes...)
 * Where the fat body cells are not replaced at metamorphosis, the larval storage proteins are withdrawn during pharate adult development, the protein granules become smaller and less numerous, and the fat body shrinks (e.g., in mosquitoes...)