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  • Basically it interferes with the mosquito larva's ability to grow properly so they are not able to fully develop to biting adults.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • I can use the larva's mind to kill her; it's good enough for that.

    The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990

  •        She answered the question and then responded to the larva's request by once again turning down the volume of the machine.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • "The legends seem to imply," Truzenzuzex went or, "that beside this Hur'rikku device, something like the Krang is a larva's toy."

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • "The legends seem to imply," Truzenzuzex went or, "that beside this Hur'rikku device, something like the Krang is a larva's toy."

    The End Of The Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • "The legends seem to imply," Truzenzuzex went or, "that beside this Hur'rikku device, something like the Krang is a larva's toy."

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • "The legends seem to imply," Truzenzuzex went or, "that beside this Hur'rikku device, something like the Krang is a larva's toy."

    The End of The Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • "The legends seem to imply," Truzenzuzex went or, "that beside this Hur'rikku device, something like the Krang is a larva's toy."

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • In the sandy paths the ant-lion larvae dug their little cone-shaped pits, and lay in wait to spatter any unwary ant that stepped over the edge with a bombardment of sand that would send it tumbling down to the bottom of the trap, to be seized in the ant-lion larva's terrible, pincer-like jaws.

    My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

  • [14] A name suggested by the resemblance of the larva's artificial covering to the mino, or straw-raincoat, worn by Japanese peasants.

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Lafcadio Hearn 1877

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