| The zoaea larva can be recognized by the flattened blade at the end of the telson, the smooth rostrum and the sessile eyes. |
| The clothes moth larva is the only feeding stage and therefore the only stage that damages fabrics. |
| The larva of the sheep bot fly is a parasite that lives on mucous surfaces of the nasal passages and sinuses of sheep and goats. |
| The principle species used in commercial production is the mulberry silkworm, which is the larva of the silk moth, Bombyx mori. |
| Once it reaches the final site, the larva transforms into a sporocyst, which is little more than an amorphous, germinal sac. |
| Such is the case with the larva in the photograph, tentatively identified by several ichthyologists as Thalassenchelys coheni. |
