Maggot

A maggot is the common name of the larval phase of development in insects of the order Diptera (flies). Sometimes, the word is used to describe the larval stage of any insect.

 Parasitic Maggots 
While large maggots only eat necrotic tissue in living animals and can be symbiotic, certain types of maggots are parasitic, like the Botfly larvae. These larvae spend part of their life cycle as parasites under the skin of living animals. As a result myiasis will take place in the host causing symptoms like sores and irritating lesions and even death.

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 Other websites 
Maggot vending machines in the UK 
Maggot Therapy Project  - Website at the University of California, Irvine, list of maggot therapy practitioners
 suppliers of Medical Maggots (disinfected Phaenicia sericata larvae), picture of Medical Maggots vial
 BioTherapeutics Education and Research Foundation
Get rid of Maggots - Website with visitors' input on getting rid of maggots
Biotherapy with leeches and maggots 

 Related pages 
Flies

Category:Flies
Category:Developmental biology