Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: larvae

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Usage examples:

All coconut material from the 12 trees was chipped and placed in a 20-foot container and fumigated to kill any possibly remaining CRB larvae or eggs.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/11/22/breaking-news/arborist-finds-17-coconut-rhinoceros-beetle-larvae-on-maui/

Avoid this by restricting the water in the pool and emptying it every week and rinsing it down to dislodge and flush any eggs or larvae.

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/06/17/garden-keeper-properly-maintained-birdbaths-are-useful-and-decorative/

Both the adults and their larvae are voraciously hungry and can “put away” 60 aphids in a day.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/home-and-garden/story/2023-07-01/in-the-quiet-rose-garden-theres-a-bounty-of-lions-pirates-and-assassins-at-work

Brain tissue can provide a home for larvae because it is soft and easy to get to via blood vessels.

Source: https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2023/08/30/259316/live-brain-worm-4-ways-protect-common-parasites/

In humans the worm can’t develop into adults, so the hatched larvae burrow out of the intestines and into other tissues where they eventually die.

Source: https://www.limerickpost.ie/2023/01/19/cityvet-says/

It’s camouflaging the larvae, and then increasing the intensity of light in the adult.

Source: https://slate.com/technology/2023/02/shrimp-larvae-eye-glitter-nanotechnology.html?via=rss

Milkweed is the only plant monarch larvae and caterpillars will eat.

Source: https://princetonherald.com/2023/06/08/a-world-of-words-awaits-at-the-library/

Once larvae mature, they crawl about and pupate on walls of buildings as well as on many non-hosts.

Source: https://news.wgcu.org/section/environment/2023-04-23/whats-eating-sanibels-strangler-figs-you-can-blame-ian-and-the-edwards-wasp-moth-caterpillar

Others overwinter as larvae, forming pupae from which adults emerge in April and May.

Source: https://mountaintimes.info/the-outside-story-six-legged-creatures-of-the-winter-stream/

People usually become infected by eating raw watercress or other water plants contaminated with immature parasite larvae.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/things-to-know-about-16-neglected-tropical-diseases/

Photo of palm tree where CRB larvae were found.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/11/22/17-live-coconut-rhinoceros-beetle-larvae-found-on-maui/

The inmates were believed to have collected the larvae from a broken waste compactor at the category C jail’s waste management centre.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/inside-eerie-prison-once-uks-31451106

Their larvae are known to live in and eat bat poop.

Source: https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/23736015/flies-gnats-fascinating-facts

The larvae live in snails and slugs, as well as the faeces from infected dogs or foxes which is where the slugs and snails pick it up from.

Source: https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/23512718.oxfordshire-warning-dog-owners-fatal-pet-disease-spreads/?ref=rss

The researchers think the mussels squirt water jets to increase the chances of their larvae attaching to the right host fishes.

Source: https://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/national/23385054.endangered-freshwater-mussels-squirt-water-help-larvae-survive---research/?ref=rss

The salamander mussel is the only mussels in North America whose larvae survives on the gills of a salamander.

Source: https://www.lpm.org/news/2023-08-23/unique-mussel-that-relies-on-mudpuppy-salamanders-proposed-as-endangered