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Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Obligate diapause solves this by ensuring that the whole population goes dormant just before pupation, the final transformation from larva to adult.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2025
In its first winter, the larva enters a quiescent state, pausing its development until conditions improve.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The way the toxin gains entry is by activation of Bt’s chitinase which degrades the chitin lining a larva’s digestive tract.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Obligate diapause solves this by ensuring that the whole population goes dormant just before pupation, the final transformation from larva to adult.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2025
In its first winter, the larva enters a quiescent state, pausing its development until conditions improve.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The way the toxin gains entry is by activation of Bt’s chitinase which degrades the chitin lining a larva’s digestive tract.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larva
nymph
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The newborn nymphs will then fall out of trees and burrow underground to begin the cycle anew.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 May 2025
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For example, one day an adult delivered what appeared to be a nymph of an annual cicada into the mouth of one of its young.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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“Larva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larva. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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