A larva (plural larvae) is an infant of some types of animals, like most insects, and larvae look like worms, but a worm is an actual type of creature that looks the same throughout its whole life cycle.

Are larvae insects?

A larva (plural larvae) is the juvenile form of an insect. The larva often has a different appearance to the adult and may possess bodily organs that the adult insect does not possess (and vice versa). Larvae need to undergo metamorphosis to reach the adult stage.

Is larva a parasite?

Larva migrans describes a parasitic disease involving migration of immature (larval) worms in various parts of the body. Several different worm species can be involved and migration occurs in one of three forms. When the worms migrate through the skin of the host, it is called cutaneous (skin) larva migrans.