larva
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That’s because a screwworm larva “attacks living flesh,” Talbot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
A doctor without firsthand knowledge of Kennedy's medical history told the Times that details described in the deposition pointed to a pork tapeworm larva.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
The weird thing is, the larva cannot produce carminic acid on its own.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2024
"Especially the ascidian larva is an ideal model for understanding early vertebrate development."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
Hooper stood very still, turning the pencil round and round inside the sharpener, and watching the shaving of wood uncurl itself out of the side, like a moth emerging from the larva.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
“Madrone is very similar and is a host species for varied larvae species,” Miller said, “which strawberry tree will never be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
She added that it was not until she got closer to the ring binders that she could see "hexagonal cells where the larvae would have been".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Runners up in the competition included videos of a roundworm encountering a single-celled organism and microscopic jellyfish larvae suspended in droplets of water.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
New World screwworm differs sharply from most fly larvae.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The chemical has also destroyed some important insect predators and so has caused an increase in the tortricids — small, stout-bodied moths whose larvae scar the surface of the bananas.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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