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
After feeding for about seven days, a maggot will fall to the ground, dig into the soil and then awaken as an adult fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
And that’s when she stumbled across Ron Sherman, the maggot doctor.
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
“I believe there is a little maggot in her brain whispers I don’t have two farthings to clink.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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
A few days ago we were all talking about the protesters’ claim that maggots were in the food served to inmates, which Homeland Security denied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 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
Toilets crawling with rats, maggots and flies became so noxious that neighbors began defecating on the surrounding dirt roads.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
I’m not used to being touched, except by Peeta or my family, and I rank Gamemakers somewhere below maggots in terms of creatures I want in contact with my skin.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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