Larva

The larva, maggot, and dung worm form a chain of related monsters added in SLASH'EM.

Larva

w larva
Difficulty	2
Attacks	Bite 1d2

w larva
Difficulty	2
Attacks	Bite 1d2
Base level	1
Base experience	8
Speed	6
Base AC	9
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	150
Nutritional value	100
Size	Medium
Resistances	sleep, poison
Resistances conveyed	sleep (7%)
A larva: cannot pick up items. has no limbs. is an animal. has a serpent body. regenerates HP quickly. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is neither male nor female. is normally generated hostile. wanders randomly. can follow you to other levels. normally appears in small groups.
Reference	SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line1704

A larva, w, is a worm that appears in SLASH'EM. This is among the easiest monsters to defeat. Its corpse is poisonous but has a small chance of granting sleep resistance.

Maggot

w maggot
Difficulty	3
Attacks	Bite 1d3

w maggot
Difficulty	3
Attacks	Bite 1d3
Base level	2
Base experience	17
Speed	9
Base AC	5
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	10
Nutritional value	10
Size	Small
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A maggot: can hide under items. cannot pick up items. has no limbs. is an animal. has a serpent body. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile. normally appears in small groups.
Reference	SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line1714

A larva can grow up (down?) into a maggot, w. Unlike a larva, a maggot is neither poisonous to eat nor do they provide sleep resistance. They are also significantly smaller, weighing only 10 and also providing only 10 nutrition.

Dung worm

w dung worm
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Bite 1d4

w dung worm
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Bite 1d4
Base level	3
Base experience	28
Speed	9
Base AC	5
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	10
Nutritional value	10
Size	Small
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
A dung worm: cannot pick up items. has no limbs. is an animal. has a serpent body. is carnivorous. is normally generated hostile. normally appears in small groups.
Reference	SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line1721

A larva can grow up into a dung worm, w, the final stage of the SLASH'EM worm growth chain. They are identical to the younger maggot apart from doing 1d4 damage instead of 1d3 and having a higher base level.

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