| bot |
the botfly larva. |
| caddisworm |
the wormlike larva of a caddisfly that lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of sand, plant debris, and the silk secreted by the larva after hatching. |
| caterpillar |
a butterfly or moth larva, resembling a worm and often brightly colored. [1/2 definitions] |
| chigger |
a tiny parasitic mite larva that lives in the skin of vertebrates, causing severe itching and possible spreading of infectious disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| corn borer |
a moth larva that is highly destructive to corn and other plants. |
| cysticercus |
the larva of any of several tapeworms, consisting of a headlike part enclosed in a fluid-filled sac; bladderworm. |
| doodlebug |
the larva of an ant lion. |
| grub |
the slow-moving, wormlike larva of a beetle or similar insect. [1/8 definitions] |
| gypsy moth |
a moth having as its larva a hairy caterpillar that is extremely destructive to foliage. |
| hellgrammite |
the larva of a dobsonfly, often used as fish bait. |
| inchworm |
a wormlike moth larva that alternately arches and stretches its body as it moves. |
| jumping bean |
the seed of certain Mexican plants of the spurge family, which contains the larva of a small moth whose movements cause the seed to roll and jump. |
| maggot |
the sluglike larva of the fly and many other insects. [1/2 definitions] |
| naiad |
the aquatic larva of certain insects such as the dragonfly. [1/2 definitions] |
| polliwog |
a frog or toad larva in its water-dwelling stage, when it has a tail and gills; tadpole. |
| root borer |
an insect or its larva that bores into plant roots. |
| roseslug |
the larva of any of certain sawflies, which feeds on rose leaves. |
| screwworm |
the larva of a blowfly that infests wounds, the nostrils, or the navel of certain animals and man, often causing disease. |
| scrub typhus |
an acute infectious disease of Asia that is transmitted by a mite larva and characterized by fever, rash, skin lesions, and painful swelling of the lymph glands. |
| seventeen-year locust |
a cicada of the eastern United States that lives as a larva in the soil for thirteen to seventeen years before emerging for a short adult life. |
| silkworm |
the larva of an Asian moth that spins pure and commercially valued silk to form its cocoon, or any of various other moth larvae that spin cocoons of similar material. |