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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