larval

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They count the larval webs or nests that the caterpillars group together to form after hatching from eggs laid on Devil's-bit Scabious.

From BBC

Instead, selenium poisoning reduces fish numbers by causing mortality in the larval stage.

From New York Times

Each larval size, Hagedorn was learning, needs its own version of the treatment.

From Science Magazine

It is possible that such evidence will reveal less capacity for suffering in some larval stages of some species, but until we have that evidence, we should err on the side of caution.

From Scientific American

There, krill — small crustaceans that form the basis of the ocean food chain — eat them and become infected with larval stages of the nematodes.

From Salon