Larvae, a stage in the development of many animals, occurring after birth or hatching and before the adult form is reached. These are immature, active forms that are structurally different from the adults and are adapted to a different environment. In some species, the larva will be free-living and the adult is an attached or non-mobile form; in others the larva is aquatic and the adult lives on land. Informs with non-mobile adults, the mobile larva increases the geographic distribution of the species. Such larvae have well-developed locomotor structures. A larva sometimes functions as a food gatherer—in many species the larval stage occurs at a time when food is abundant—and has a well-developed alimentary system. It stores food so that the transformation to the adult stage can occur. Some larvae function in both dispersion and nutrition. The amount of time in the life cycle spent in the larval stage varies among species. Some have long larval periods, either hatching early, metamorphosing into adults late, or both. Some organisms have a short-lived larval phase or no larvae at all.
Research Article: Annals of Biological Sciences
Research Article: Annals of Biological Sciences
Research Article: Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research
Research Article: Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Global Journal of Research and Review
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Global Journal of Research and Review