(urth) Seawrack and the Mother
António Pedro Marques
entonio at gmail.com
Mon Oct 1 08:55:54 PDT 2012
I should point out that there's nothing specifically insectoid or even
invertebrate about larvae. Individuals are said to be a 'larva' if they are
significantly different from their adult stage, other than being simply a
miniature. It's the default condition; only a few groups have evolved to
have their newborn be miniatures of the adults (and yes, among those groups
is the one comprising reptiles/birds/mammals).
It may be relevant that latin _larva_ means something like
wraith/shade/(scary mask).
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