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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

It has set its sights on a bizarre-looking insect larva known as the mealybug ladybird, which sports a coat of white, waxy filaments that resembles fleece.

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

I don’t realize I’m checking my palms for creeping lesions, eruptions called cutaneous larva migrans, until Grandma gives me The Eye-Roll.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

When he opened up the shop Friday morning, Ramirez said, he found larvae on the sidewalk and nearby trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Younger ants generally remain inside the nest and care for larvae.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

The toughness of these larvae suggests that pressure alone may not fully explain why insects never established themselves throughout the ocean.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

The larvae can alter the pH of the sac walls, causing the resilin to expand or contract.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

It would be banal to recall that phthiriasis is caused by lice, and that certain larvae of Diptera, such as the cestrids, may occasion the disease called myasis.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy