Within three weeks or so, small larvae can be found within each egg mass.
"No one will ever notice that one small larva is missing."
They are cannibalistic and will eat any smaller larvae they come across.
The small larvae of the gypsy moth take to the air and are carried by the wind.
In about three days the tiny eggs hatch, releasing the small white or yellow-green larvae.
The eggs hatch into small maggot-like larvae that feed on the plant from the inside.
The small larvae hatch in late September and into October.
On a closer inspection, it appeared that a small green and orange larva or grub of some kind was moving past him.
When the silk ran out, she saw a small larva.
The leaves look more like lace tatting, and underneath some of them I am finding small larvae.