beetle larva
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beetle
noun[C]
uk/ˈbiː.təl/us/ˈbiː.t̬əl/
an insect with a hard ...
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larva
noun[C]
uk/ˈlɑː.və/us/ˈlɑːr.və/
a form of an insect or an animal such as a frog that has left its egg but has not yet developed into a pupa or adult insect ...
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(Definition ofbeetleandlarvafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If a fully developedbeetlelarvahad been found in at least one of the eggs the egg clutch was categorized as 'survived' (1).
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The local inhabitants mention abeetlelarvathat feeds on the palm heart, damaging the apical meristem, causing the palm to die standing.
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Thebeetlelarvathen enters the body of the host larva, where it waits while the larva grows.
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After five worms are eaten, abeetlelarvaappears.
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The slugs and snails are often 200 times the weight of thebeetlelarva.
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After reaching the host chamber of thebeetlelarva, frass is pulled into the chamber before stinging the larva.
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The wasp larva then slowly consumes the paralysedbeetlelarva.
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The tigerbeetlelarvaambushes ants by plugging its burrow with its head and pouncing.
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The food bodies were associated with coccinellid beetle larvae that inhabit the petioles.
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Careful examination of pats after this time revealed only a few beetle larvae.
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Several considerations are crucial to successful rearing of the beetle larvae and their parasitoids.
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The beetle larvae were never found in petioles without food bodies.
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Matthew swallowed a livebeetlelarvawhole first, winning immunity.
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The man was reporting that the feast hosts served only sago starch, even though beetle larvae are the normal, expected, and prestigious feast food.
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By the morning of the third day, only wasps were present, apparently foraging for beetle larvae in the not-yet-fallen male flowers.
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Almost a third of the attacked seedlings also contained one or more beetle larvae.
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Beetle larvae were found in tissues of several male flowers not yet fallen on two 3-d-old inflorescences.
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To examine the relationship between the ants and the beetle larvae, 20 ants were introduced singly into 20 petioles containing beetles, and both animals were observed until the ant left.
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Beetle larvae found in several male flowers on two inflorescences suggested that these visitors were also using inflorescences as oviposition sites.
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The first round would pit two groups of six castaways eating beetle larvae with three castaways moving on from each group.
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