vermiform larva
zoology
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insect larvae
- In insect: Types of larvae

…and active), elateriform (wireworm-like), and vermiform (maggot-like). The three types of pupae are: obtect, with appendages more or less glued to the body; exarate, with the appendages free and not glued to the body; and coarctate, which is essentially exarate but remaining covered by the cast skins (exuviae) of the…
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life cycle of Orthoptera
- In Orthoptera: General features

This stage is called a vermiform larva; shedding of the enclosing membrane occurs at the intermediate molt. The shapeless skins shed by young grasshoppers crawling from egg pods are examples of such exuviae (cast skins).
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