the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

moths and butterflies

larva of a tussock moth

green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees

small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae

larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco

North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground

moths and butterflies