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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 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

As the ants start to attack, the larva tenses its muscles and expels a drop of bright red fluid known as hemolymph.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2024

When the egg hatches, the larva uses the ball as a nursery, eating the ball from the inside out, shaving off layers to keep the ball intact.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 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

If they cannot find enough food, larvae develop more slowly, colonies grow less strongly and fewer new queens may be produced for the following year.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Once the eggs hatch into larvae inside the fruit, the rotting process begins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Even when both groups received the same food, larvae raised in worker wax were more likely to die and ultimately developed into smaller queens.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Cowboys would scrape the wriggling larvae from wounds on cattle and smear the now-banned paste over it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Even exposures to less than lethal quantities may in the end cause death of the larvae, for inevitably the growth rate is retarded.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson