maggot: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	grub

Photos

Close-up view of numerous pale, wriggling maggots clustered together, showing the segmented bodies of fly larvae.

Housefly life cycle

Overhead view of a wheel of casu martzu cheese with a wedge removed, showing insect larvae throughout the cheese, on a red tray with a knife nearby.

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Topics

Apple maggot entomophagy caterpillar decomposer casu marzu myiasis Diptera vermiform larva leaf miner nymph pupa common garden insects and their larvae gnat