1A person or thing that wriggles.

1. 1.1 A wriggling animalcule or the larva of a mosquito.
   Also called wiggler

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Another eco-friendly technique is that of luring mosquitoes to lay eggs in strategically placed vessels of water and then throwing off the water along with the wrigglers.
   • We know them by many names: grub (beetles, bees, wasps), maggot, caterpillar (butterflies, moths), and wriggler (mosquitoes).
   • Remove large protector bucket and add a couple of gold fish to eat mosquito wrigglers.
   • The larvae, called wrigglers, feed in the water for a week or so, then pupate for only a few days before emerging as adults.
   • Watch out for mosquito wrigglers in any uncovered water containers.
   • Note that the definition of nesting success includes the effects of both nest predation (loss of eggs before wrigglers were collected) and hatching success (the per-egg probability of hatching).