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According to ancient Chinese lore, the wife of the Yellow Emperor was sipping hot tea under a mulberry tree when the cocoon of a silkworm, the larva of a silk moth, fell into her cup.
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Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Obligate diapause solves this by ensuring that the whole population goes dormant just before pupation, the final transformation from larva to adult.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2025
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Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Obligate diapause solves this by ensuring that the whole population goes dormant just before pupation, the final transformation from larva to adult.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larva
nymph
Noun
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Does your dog enjoy the occasional sky raisin as cicadas and their nymph shells cover Cincinnati and southern Ohio?—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The nymph stages are immobile and resemble scale insects, while the adult moths are 1/16-inch long and covered with a dusting of white wax.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
25 June 2025
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“Larva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larva. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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