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LARVAL STAGE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

The stage of the insect during the period between molts.

CONT

A life cycle including a larval stage is called indirect and is characteristic of more than half of the species of ... invertebrates.

OBS

Each time the insect sheds its exoskeleton or molts, it passes into the next instar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Chacun des états de la larve entre deux mues successives.

OBS

Le premier stade larvaire est compris entre l'éclosion de l'œuf et la première mue; il est suivi, chez les moustiques, d'un deuxième, d'un troisième, puis d'un quatrième stade avant la nymphose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
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Record 2 2006-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
DEF

The immature stage of an animal that is markedly different in form from the adult.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
DEF

Stade d'un animal immature présentant des différences importantes avec la forme adulte de son espèce.

Spanish

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