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• n  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

• Ill-fed larvae become the small workers; well-fed larvae become soldiers; overfed larvae become queens.
• Some killed two of the fish and one larva.
• It's moth larvae versus seahorse in this battle of the aphrodisiacs By DAFFYD RODERICK Hong Kong I don't suffer from erectile dysfunction.

News & Articles

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• Peffley: Caterpillars and worms - are they good or bad for your garden?
  Recall from last week that butterflies have a four-stage life cycle and that one stage is a larva.
  June 12, 2013 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
• Air Force Spray Mission up in the Air | Video
  Last week, the Air Force Reserve was in Williston, spraying the river banks to prevent larva from hatching into mosquitos. The next mission is called adulticiding, which kills off adult mosquitos. But last year, that mission was canceled, and it’s still up in the air for this year.
  June 7, 2013 - KFYR-TV Bismarck

Quotes

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• Kevin Smith in King of Prussia Courier
  We know from last year that West Nile-infected mosquitoes are pretty much spread throughout the county and getting them in the larva stage is the best preventive measure,said Smith.
• Chris Packham in BBC News
  Mr Packham said: "Most of the dragonflies' life cycle is spent underwater, first as an egg and then as a larva. The larval stage can last two years or more, whilst flying adults mostly only survive a couple of weeks."
• HL Mencken in Christian Science Monitor
  I was born in the larva of the comfortable and complacent bourgeoisie,Mencken wrote of his pillowed life, "encapsulated in affection, and kept fat, saucy and contented. Thus I got through my nonage without acquiring an inferiority...