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Larva

Larva

A general term for the active insect juveniles, often but not exclusively applied to the active immature of the Holometabola. In the mites (Acari) the larva is the animal that emerges from the egg and has only three pairs of legs. The subsequent acarine stage, which has four pairs of legs, is the nymph. The larva of the Coleoptera is called “grub”, and “caterpillar”” is the usual name for the larva of the Lepidoptera.