polypod larva

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polypod larva also protopod larva, campodeiform larva

2. In parasitic Hymenoptera, it has many different forms, often unlike a normal insect.: 1. An insect larval stage found in Lepidoptera and some Hymenoptera with thoracic appendages and caterpillar-like abdominal locomotory processes (prolegs); polypodeiform; eruciform larva.