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1 day ago · A larva (/ ˈ l ɑːr v ə /; pl.: larvae / ˈ l ɑːr v iː /) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects , amphibians , or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle .
Jul 11, 2024 · larva, stage in the development of many animals, occurring after birth or hatching and before the adult form is reached. These immature, active forms are structurally different from the adults and are adapted to a different environment.
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Jul 19, 2024 · A maggot is a soft-bodied larva of many dipterous flies. About half of fly species produce larvae that would be categorized as maggots; other flies beget more specialized and distinct larvae.
6 days ago · Hailing from the Cambrian period some 520 million years ago, the larva represents a whole new genus and species of euarthropod called Youti yuanshi. Such a small speck of rock might be easily overlooked, but this remarkable fossil has been almost perfectly preserved with its internal anatomy intact. And it represents a species ancestral to the ...
Jul 31, 2024 · The newly discovered Youti yuanshi larva fossil is so well-preserved that it provides a road map for arthropod evolution during the Cambrian period.
Jul 31, 2024 · But through good fortune, the fossil the Durham group discovered was so well preserved its internal organs could be detected with imaging, they report in Nature. Smith suspects that the recently dead larva fell into phosphorous-rich waters with just the right chemical conditions.
Myiasis is a parasitic infection of fly larva (maggots) in human tissue. A parasite is an organism (a living thing) that lives on or inside another organism. Myiasis typically occurs in tropical and subtropical areas. People who have untreated or open wounds have a higher risk for getting myiasis.
