#larva  the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
  supertype:  #animal__animate_being__animatebeing__beast__brute__creature__fauna  a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  subtype:  #ascidian_tadpole  free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord
  subtype:  #bladder_worm__bladderworm  encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm
  subtype:  #cercaria  tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
  subtype:  #wireworm  wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
  subtype:  #mealworm  the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
  subtype:  #wiggler__wriggler  larva of a mosquito
  subtype:  #strawworm__jointworm  larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
  subtype:  #ant_lion__antlion__doodlebug  the larva of an ant lion or of any of several other insects
  subtype:  #aphid_lion__aphidlion__aphis_lion__aphislion  carnivorous larva of lacewing flies
  subtype:  #hellgrammiate__dobson  large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
  subtype:  #caseworm  insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body
     subtype:  #caddisworm__strawworm  caddisfly larva; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris
  subtype:  #caterpillar  a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
     subtype:  #tussock_caterpillar__tussockcaterpillar  larva of a tussock moth
     subtype:  #cankerworm  green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
        subtype:  #spring_cankerworm  variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata
        subtype:  #fall_cankerworm  green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria
     subtype:  #measuring_worm__measuringworm__inchworm__looper  small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
     subtype:  #potato_tuberworm__Phthorimaea_operculella  larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
     subtype:  #cutworm  North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
        subtype:  #Chorizagrotis_auxiliaris__army_cutworm  noctuid moth larvae that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the Plains states
     subtype:  #army_worm__Pseudaletia_unipuncta  noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
     subtype:  #beet_armyworm__Spodoptera_exigua  moth larva that eats foliage of beets and vegetables
     subtype:  #fall_armyworm__Spodoptera_frugiperda  larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains
     subtype:  #tobacco_hornworm__tobaccohornworm__tomato_worm__Manduca_sexta  large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
     subtype:  #tomato_hornworm__potato_worm__Manduca_quinquemaculata  large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
     subtype:  #silkworm  hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk
     subtype:  #giant_silkworm__giantsilkworm__silkworm__wild_wilkworm  larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
        subtype:  #ailanthus_silkworm__ailanthussilkworm__Samia_cynthia  large green silkworm of the cynthia moth
     subtype:  #tent_caterpillar  the larvae of moths that build communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
        subtype:  #forest_tent_caterpillar__Malacosoma_disstria  larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
     subtype:  #lappet_caterpillar  larva of a lappet moth
     subtype:  #webworm  several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
        subtype:  #fall_webworm__Hyphantria_cunea  a variety of webworm
        subtype:  #garden_webworm__Loxostege_similalis  a variety of webworm
     subtype:  #corn_borer__Pyrausta_nubilalis  larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
     subtype:  #bollworm  any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
        subtype:  #pink_bollworm__Gelechia_gossypiella  larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
        subtype:  #corn_earworm__cotton_bollworm__tomato_fruitworm__tobacco_budworm__tobaccobudworm__vetchworm__heliothiszia  larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
     subtype:  #cabbageworm__pierisrapae  toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
     subtype:  #woolly_bear_caterpillar__woolly_bear  caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
        subtype:  #woolly_bear_moth  larva of moth of the family Arctiidae
  subtype:  #nymph.larva  a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
  subtype:  #leptocephalus__leptocephalu  slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes
  subtype:  #bot  botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
  subtype:  #grub  a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
     subtype:  #maggot  the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
     subtype:  #leatherjacket  tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
  subtype:  #tadpole__polliwog__pollywog  a larval frog or toad

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