Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first larval stage of the hypermetamorphic blister-beetles, or Meloïdæ. See also cut under
Meloë . - noun The first larval stage of a stylopid insect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The first-
instar larva of aparasitic beetle with three claws on each foot. - noun The first-instar larva of any of various other
insect parasites orparasitoids with a similar life cycle.
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Safely within the nest, the little 'triungulin' beetle-grub moults; the second instar has a soft cuticle and relatively shorter legs, which, as the larva, now living as a cuckoo-parasite, proceeds to gorge itself with honey, soon appear still further abbreviated.
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