larva
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In 2020, Marsh Fritillary butterfly larvae webs and Brown Hairstreak butterfly eggs were laid at the retreat and continue to thrive there.
From BBC
Its larvae inhabit damp mats of moss and algae along the Antarctic Peninsula.
From Science Daily
Ants even feed the beetles mouth-to-mouth, and the beetles munch on their adopted colony’s eggs and larvae.
From Los Angeles Times
Each mite larva measures about 500 micrometers, or half a millimeter.
From Science Daily
“The seasoned families will never live on apartment house terms, like larvae in a honeycomb,” wrote the muckraking journalist Will Irwin in 1927.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
