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Eruciform (literally: "caterpillar-shaped") is the entomological term describing a certain class of shapes of insect larvae. The word eruciform literally...

to produce a larva, which is generally worm-like in form. This can be eruciform (caterpillar-like), scarabaeiform (grub-like), campodeiform (elongated...

instar larvae of parasitic hymenoptera. Polypod larvae – also known as eruciform larvae, these larvae have abdominal prolegs, in addition to usual thoracic...

the thorax and abdomen. The larvae are herbivorous, free-living, and eruciform, usually with three pairs of true legs, prolegs (on every segment, unlike...

type: Elateriform: wireworm-like, as in the beetle family Elateridae. Eruciform: caterpillar-like, as in the Lepidoptera and Symphyta. Some that lack...

typical of larvae of Cerambycidae, straight and legless, termed apodous eruciform, but on some of its segments it has swellings that aid in locomotion,...

(internal parasites) of caterpillars of butterflies and moths, or the eruciform larvae of sawflies. For example, they have been found to lay eggs in African...

called caterpillars as well. Both lepidopteran and symphytan larvae have eruciform body shapes. Caterpillars of most species eat plant material (often leaves)...

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their body. The A. australis larvae are hairy and stretched to form an eruciform (caterpillar-like) shape. They are “grub-like”and can grow up to 7mm long...

as the closest living relatives of fleas. Most mecopteran larvae are eruciform, or shaped like caterpillars. Nannochoristid larvae, however, are elateriform...

completely different from those of larger instars. Larvae tend to be eruciform (with a thickset head and thorax), rather slow-moving, and usually feed...

stealing male flying off with the stolen prey. The larvae of H. apicalis is eruciform with a sclerotized head and segmented, yet soft, body. The abdominal segments...

of Xyelidae are superficially similar to caterpillars of Lepidoptera ("eruciform" type of larvae). Larvae of species feeding inside plants are whitish...