- as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or
cnidarians typically have a
larval phase of
their life cycle. A larva's
appearance is
generally very different...
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Caterpillars (/ˈkætərpɪlər/ KAT-ər-pil-ər) are the
larval stage of
members of the
order Lepidoptera (the
insect order comprising butterflies and moths)...
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Larval hemolymph feeding is a
behaviour trait found in the
queens of some
species of ant. This is
found mainly in the ants of the
subfamily Amblyoponinae...
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Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a
condition in
humans caused by the
migratory larvae of
certain nematodes,
humans being a dead-end host, and was first...
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Maggot therapy (also
known as
larval therapy) is a type of
biotherapy involving the
introduction of live,
disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing...
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Neoptera that go
through distinctive larval, pupal, and
adult stages. They
undergo a
radical metamorphosis, with the
larval and
adult stages differing considerably...
- A
tadpole or
polliwog (also
spelled pollywog) is the
larval stage in the
biological life
cycle of an amphibian. Most
tadpoles are
fully aquatic, though...
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Larval and
adult prawns Crustaceans may p****
through a
number of
larval and
immature stages between hatching from
their eggs and
reaching their adult...
- sand,
where they
develop over a
period of 1–2 w****s into an
infectious larval form (filariform larvae). The
filariform larvae can
burrow through intact...
- ("ametaboly").
Generally organisms with a
larval stage undergo metamorphosis, and
during metamorphosis the
organism loses larval characteristics. The word metamorphosis...
