Talk:Larva

where's the grubs

I would like to see a section on grubs as there is no dedicated page. in fact a section on grubs,maggots and caterpillars would be nice. I am aware that the 3 terms are often used interchangabley in regards to the various larvae of moths,ants,bees,beetles,and flies but personaly i distinguish between them based on appearences such as locomotion and the body structures that hint at it's adult form.Bloodkith (talk) 02:04, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Grub is typically used to describe beetle larvae, while maggot describes fly larvae and caterpillar describes Lepidoptera larva. They are not interchangeable: caterpillars have legs as well as protolegs while the grubs and maggots only have protolegs. Feralcateater000 (talk) 14:33, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Goldenrod Gall Fly larva picture.

I don't get the picture. I can't see any wriggly things. Bleubeatle (talk) 00:28, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. The picture would be better suited for the gall wasp or gall page. Feralcateater000 (talk) 14:35, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Etymology

I removed the etymology ("larva" means "ghost" in Latin). Linnaeus originally used "larva" in the sense of "mask", as the larval form conceals the adult form. This is kind of obscure and is of more interest to etymologists than entomologists :) Moogsi (talk) 04:41, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 2 February 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Closing early per the snowball clause. (non-admin closure) CMD (talk) 11:17, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

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• Larva → Larva (juvenile)
• Larva (disambiguation) → Larva

– No clear primary topic between Larva (juvenile) and Larva (TV series). 2600:1700:6180:6290:EC64:EA7C:FD5F:B5B8 (talk) 00:06, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose. This is the clear primary topic in terms of long-term significance. Dekimasuよ! 00:58, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose, larva is certainly the primary topic given its long-term significance. 21 Andromedae (talk) 01:40, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose: per long term significance. YorkshireExpat (talk) 09:59, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose. The animal form is clearly the primary the primary topic. JIP | Talk 10:05, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I think we should add a wikilink to prolegs

as stated, I think we should add a wikilink to the prolegs article, mainly because I feel like most people haven't heard of prolegs before, but I don't know if this'd be an accepted change, so I'm putting it in talk first instead of just doing it Gabsofthelake (talk) 20:36, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Done, good idea. CMD (talk) 00:46, 5 March 2026 (UTC)