Larva - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: larvaLoevens larva
The peculiar larva of Polygordius See Polygordius...
cabbage worm
the larva of several species of moths and butterflies which attacks cabbages The most common is the toxic green larva of a white butterfly the cabbage butterfly Pieris rapaelig The cabbage cutworms which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night are the larvaelig of several species of moths of the genus Agrotis See Cutworm larva of a cabbage butterfly...
bee fly
any dipterous insect of the family Bombyliidae which eat nectar and in some cases resemble bees Their larvae are parasitic on the larvae of bees and other insects...
Caddice fly
a small mothlike species of trichopterous insect whose larva is the caddice it has two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae...
Bipinnaria
The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free swimming stage...
Bollworm
The larva of a moth Heliothis armigera which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant often doing great damage to the crops...
Bookworm
Any larva of a beetle or moth which is injurious to books Many species are known...
Caddice
The larva of a caddice fly These larvaelig generally live in cylindrical cases open at each end and covered externally with pieces of broken shells gravel bits of wood etc They are a favorite bait with anglers Called also caddice worm or caddis worm...
Cankerworm
The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating and often entirely destroying the foliage Other similar larvaelig are also called cankerworms...
Catacala
a genus of moths whose larvae are cutworms underwings...
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