immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage
<adj.all> larval societies larval crayfishes the larval stage
larval \lar"val\ (l[aum]r"val), a. [L. larvalis ghostly. See {Larva}.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a larva.
He has also found that the gene appears to be turned on in fruit fly embryos and adults, but not in the larval or pupal stages in the fly's life cycle that occur in between.
They will use sonar to determine the sea bottom's characteristics; search for and count larval lobsters; scuba dive to survey lobster densities, shelter sizes and abundance of predators; and sample ocean bottom sediment for invertebrates.
He said the quality of exported shrimp had not been affected as the disease only attacks the larval stage. The coastal area of Taura has been hit hardest, with several shrimp farms having to close and about 7,000 tonnes of shrimp lost.
It has a larval stage of about a month when it swims with the currents.