maggot
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It is the larval, or maggot, stage of a metallic-looking blowfly known as Cochliomyia hominivorax.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
Also on this fractured fairy tale’s jampacked menu are human-sized animal costumes, arcade graphics, pratfalls, pole dancing, adorable maggot puppets, Rube Goldberg designs, expressionist sequences and even a bar brawl with rodents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
This enzyme protects the maggot from infections, protecting us in the process.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024
Other major pests the program has monitored this year include the apple maggot, Japanese beetle and spongy moth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
It crawls like a maggot into my head and gets stuck, unwelcome lyrics and music playing on a loop.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
When the eggs hatch into maggots, the maggots eat live tissue, causing a worsening, often painful and foul-smelling wound, according to the CDC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
We get a clear-eyed look at disgust, a nearly universal human response to the likes of maggots, cockroaches, ticks, leeches, slugs and lice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Once the eggs hatch, the maggots burrow into flesh in a corkscrew motion, which is how the insect got its name.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
NWS myiasis is a parasitic infestation of fly larvae, or maggots, caused by parasitic flies.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
She says it’s rotten and full of white maggots but beggars can’t be choosers.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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