larval

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They count the larval webs or nests that the caterpillars group together to form after hatching from eggs laid on Devil's-bit Scabious.

From BBC

Each year our team returns to the cold, wave-pounded northern California shores to monitor existing populations and look for new recruits – young individuals that survived their larval stage and successfully settled on rocks.

From Salon

Whereas their larval forms swim freely, adults cement themselves to a surface, where they were believed to hold fast for life.

From Science Magazine

The shells eventually provide homes for larval oysters known as spat that are placed in artificial reef structures in the harbor.

From New York Times

The larval worms find tasty roots by sensing underground gases and other chemicals, says Ricardo Machado, a chemical ecologist at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

From Scientific American