The proglottids are passed out with the host's feces. There are no further development until the eggs are swallowed by the pig, the intermediate host. Cysticercus cellulosae develop primarily in skeletal and cardiac muscle. A fully developed cysticercus is up to 20 x 10 mm. It will be infective after nine to ten weeks.
Pigs are the main hosts of the metacestode.
The cysticercus are found in the pig's masseters, heart, tongue and shoulder and will be disseminated throughout the body. Majority of cystscercus in pork would be viable. Man can acts as an intermediate host or a final host. Man is infected by eating raw or undercooked, infected pork. Man can also infected through auto-infection by reverse peristalsis of the intestine.