Examples of 'larva' in a sentence
Meaning of "larva"
A 'larva' is the immature and juvenile form of an insect, typically resembling a worm or caterpillar. Larvae undergo metamorphosis before reaching adulthood, where they transform into a different physical form
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- An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
- An animal in the aforementioned stage.
- A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
- A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
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The larva is terrestrial and feeds on aphids.
Head and body of larva are finely granulate.
The larva is variable in color based on age.
Not sure if this is larva or honey or what.
Fried larva or whatever it is he has for breakfast.
The newly hatched larva is nearly black.
The larva makes two or three cases.
We are still at the larva and cocoon stage.
The larva general attack lateral twigs.
You can not stay a larva forever.
A single larva usually makes several nests.
Three days later there will be a larva.
At this stage the larva is known as a bipinnaria.
Larva completes five instars to become a pupa.
It overwinters as a larva in the third or fourth instar.
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Larva purplish brown with pale sides.
The solitary larva feeds on leaves at night.
Larva greenish with slightly hairy body.
Newly hatched larva are black with hairs.
Larva purplish grey with sparse hairs.
Fungus gnat larva with nematodes inside.
Larva pale red with purplish dots.
Reason in its larva and cocoon phase.
The larva feeds on aphids or pysillids on trees.
Insect and insects parts dead larva.
The larva then forms a pupa or chrysalis.
Check for insect pupa and larva.
Its larva is known as the monkey slug.
The egg first develops into a larva.
The larva of this species feeds on grapevines.
Or the traditional burlap with blood larva.
The larva takes two years to develop.
This species hibernates in the form of a larva.
The larva normally travels on its back.
The species overwinters as an egg or young larva.
The larva feeds on a large variety of plants.
The species overwinters as a fully grown larva.
The larva often moves to a new leaflet.
Each bud contains a red or orange larva.
The larva has seven or eight instars.
The species overwinters as a first instar larva.
The larva is green with yellow lines.
The species overwinters as a partially grown larva.
The larva is a very bright green in color.
Fertilisation occurs and a planktonic larva forms.
A single larva may make several mines.
It has single generation and hibernates as a larva.
The larva of the second brood hibernates.
The species overwinters as an immature or mature larva.
The larva is black with a green underside.
