The Texas parks department says the maggots will lay eggs in "open wounds or orifices of live tissue such as nostrils, eyes or mouth." Such an infestation is known as New World screwworm myiasis.

Maggots may help solve rape cases, suggests a new study. Blowfly eggs and larvae can carry crucial evidence - such as sperm - which could help in sexual assault investigations, say scientists.

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When the mosquito bites a victim, the eggs hatch. Then the larvae wriggle into your skin, creating a painful pimple that leaks pus. Or, as the baby botflies call it, lunch. After 5 to 10 weeks ...

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After the female SWD lays eggs inside ripening fruit, the eggs will hatch, allowing the maggots to feed on the fruit. As a result, they can go undetected and sometimes make fruit unsellable.