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That’s because a screwworm larva “attacks living flesh,” Talbot said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

"Over several weeks, they not only reshaped their morphological features, but also had a completely different feeding behavior, typical of a cydippid larva."

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024

Dr Smith said this might have been caused by high concentrations of phosphorus in the ocean where this larva briefly lived and died.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024

The weird thing is, the larva cannot produce carminic acid on its own.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2024

I don’t realize I’m checking my palms for creeping lesions, eruptions called cutaneous larva migrans, until Grandma gives me The Eye-Roll.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Fly larvae were also seen on exterior plastic sheeting and the sidewalk on the north side of the damaged building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

There, another paleontologist had shown him fossilized wasp cocoons, which are small mud chambers where developing larvae mature into adults.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

She is one of only a handful of people in the UK who are diagnosed with the brain infection each year, which is caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

The larvae use their screwlike spines to burrow into and feed on tissue, often resulting in an infection that can kill an animal in weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The wing sounds of approaching parasitic flies warn the larvae of some sawflies to herd together for protection.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson