larva
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That’s because a screwworm larva “attacks living flesh,” Talbot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
"Witnessing how they slowly transition to a typical cydippid larva as if they were going back in time, was simply fascinating," Soto-Angel said in a statement.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
It has set its sights on a bizarre-looking insect larva known as the mealybug ladybird, which sports a coat of white, waxy filaments that resembles fleece.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2024
"Especially the ascidian larva is an ideal model for understanding early vertebrate development."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
The young wasp, hatching as a larva, feeds on the paralyzed grub and destroys it.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
“Madrone is very similar and is a host species for varied larvae species,” Miller said, “which strawberry tree will never be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
She added that it was not until she got closer to the ring binders that she could see "hexagonal cells where the larvae would have been".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Rather than serving as homes for protective ants, some of the plant chambers had effectively become nurseries stocked with prey for developing wasp larvae.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The researchers exposed fruit fly larvae to ionizing radiation, but this time they used modern genetic tools to follow the regeneration of epithelial tissue in far greater detail.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Ahead of them stretched miles of wasteland, bubbling with monstrous larvae and big insect-hair trees.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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