adjective
- not entering or undergoing diapause (a period of suspended development in insects and other arthropods)
Usage: biological; entomological
Examples
- The nondiapausing population of mosquitoes continues to develop throughout the winter.
- Researchers studied both diapausing and nondiapausing strains of the beetle.
- Nondiapausing insects are more vulnerable to cold temperatures.
- The laboratory maintained nondiapausing colonies for year-round breeding.
- Climate change may favor nondiapausing variants in some species.