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larva - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- wasp: Once the parasitoid larva hatches from the egg it will kill and consume the larva of the gall wasp.
- butterfly: The last is an important food plant for the larva of the rare marsh fritillary butterfly.
- insect: The bacteria produce a chemical which will turn into an active toxin when eaten by larvae of specific insects.
Adjective modifier
- planktonic: However, with no planktonic larva the dispersal of the mutation will be slow.
Converse of object
- hatch: The Sheep Nostril fly places already hatched larvae in the nostrils of sheep.
Modifies a noun
- migrans: Visceral larva migrans â this form of the disease develops due to severe or repeated toxocariasis infection.
Adjective modifier
- infective: Birds become infected when they consume the host containing the infective larvae.
- l1: Viviparous adult females release L1 larvae into fresh water.
- decapod: Ecology of decapod crustacean larvae in the Irish Sea and the German Bight during the spring.
- beetle: They can be important predators of insect pests, such as aphids, scale insects and bark beetle larvae.
Noun used with modifier
- mosquito: Coming direct from a cave he found no mosquito larva or sea monsters present.
- lacewing: Large numbers of ants can prevent the effectiveness of lacewing larvae.
- weevil: Damage to plant roots by vine weevil larvae shows by the plants starting to wilt.
- sawfly: Filed under: In Our Garden -- Davina Jane @ 1:07 pm Gooseberry sawfly larvae have arrived!
- midge: Tiny midge larvae ( 3mm long, orange or white ) cause the damage.
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