#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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