1.   When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of the host animal.

2.   Moth and beetle larvae eat developing and mature larvae respectively in the fig.

3.   As the caterpillar forms, the larvae eat the interior.

4.   Parasitoids lay their eggs on the victim, and when the eggs hatch, the larvae eat the insect.

5.   The beetles lay eggs in trees, and the larvae eat their way out, virtually guarenteeing death to their host.

6.   The larvae eat voraciously for about a month.

7.   The larvae eat through the inside of the head until it falls off, and the other ants remove the carcass.

8.   The wasp larvae literally are eating the looper.

9.   When the eggs hatch, the larvae eat their way through the cambium, boring into the heartwood.

10.   Almost half were eventually hospitalized, suffering from the parasite trichinella, whose larvae eat the muscles of those who consumed infected meat.