What is Maggot?
A '''maggot''' is the [[common name]] of the [[larvae|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. == Gallery == <gallery> Image: Museslervos.jpg|Maggots. Maggots, London Zoo, London.jpg|Different types of maggots. </gallery> == Other websites == *[http://www.mag-it.co.uk/ Maggot vending machines in the UK] *[http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/com/pathology/sherman/home_pg.htm Maggot Therapy Project] - Website at the University of California, Irvine, list of maggot therapy practitioners * [http://www.monarchlabs.com/ suppliers of Medical Maggots (disinfected Phaenicia sericata larvae), picture of Medical Maggots vial] * [http://www.bterfoundation.org/ BioTherapeutics Education and Research Foundation] *[http://www.houseintohome.co.za/pests-and-bugs/killing-maggots/ Get rid of Maggots] - Website with visitors' input on getting rid of maggots *[http://www.disgustingly-healthy.com/ Biotherapy with leeches and maggots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202235918/http://www.disgustingly-healthy.com/ |date=2011-02-02 }} == Related pages == *[[Flies]] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Flies]] [[Category:Developmental biology]]