larva

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The immature, wingless, often worm-like feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.

• The butterfly larva ate through several leaves before forming a chrysalis.
• Mosquito larvae develop in standing water.
• The beetle larva looked like a small white grub.
• Marine biologists observed that the larva of certain coral species drifts with ocean currents before settling permanently.
• Agricultural scientists study how temperature fluctuations affect the development rate of pest insect larva in crop fields.
• The parasitic wasp deposits its eggs inside a host larva, where the offspring consume tissues during their growth.

Eş anlamlılar: grub, caterpillar, maggot, nymph

Zıt anlamlılar: adult, imago