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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a larva" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the immature form of an insect or other organism that undergoes metamorphosis.
Example: "The scientist observed a larva transforming into a pupa in the laboratory."
Alternatives: "an immature insect" or "a young caterpillar".
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taken as a larva, and potentially provides much USA.
A larva metamorphoses into a hemispherical primary disk (or proancestrula).
The young wasp, hatching as a larva, feeds on the paralyzed grub and destroys it.
"I feel sorry for a larva that hatches in this pond," he said proudly.
The crab enters the shell as a larva and receives shelter while it grows.
His mummy-shaped body is smooth and organically curved, like a larva about to burst its old skin.
"The larval stage takes one month, after which a larva pupates and makes a cocoon," he continued.
The fly on the right is a control; the one in the middle was fed carbon black while a larva; and the fly on the left was fed multi-walled carbon nanotubes while a larva.
Other features -- or the lack of them, like the the absence of jaws -- are strong indications that P. gunni is a larva.
But instead of waiting to be fed, a larva devours the second egg that her mother laid.
(The worm, actually a larva that can infest the agave plant, is mainly a ploy to help sell lesser mezcals and — sorry, spring-breaker — is not hallucinogenic).
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