larva
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That’s because a screwworm larva “attacks living flesh,” Talbot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Each mite larva measures about 500 micrometers, or half a millimeter.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
A doctor without firsthand knowledge of Kennedy's medical history told the Times that details described in the deposition pointed to a pork tapeworm larva.
From Salon ● May 8, 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
I dig a beetle larva out of a decaying log and put it on a thornbush fishhook I made and tied to a fine cord of deer tendon.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Runners up in the competition included videos of a roundworm encountering a single-celled organism and microscopic jellyfish larvae suspended in droplets of water.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
While many maggots consume dead or decomposing material, screwworm larvae feed on healthy, living flesh.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The research team will now trial the feasibility of a mobile oyster hatchery, in the hope it could both supply oyster larvae to coastal communities and help rebuild oyster beds in various areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The anchovy shortage put fly larvae in the money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Within its vegetative rods there are formed, along with spores, peculiar crystals composed of a protein substance highly toxic to certain insects, especially to the larvae of the mothlike lepidopteras.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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