maggot

Flies do not lay eggs on buried remains, so maggot activity confirmed the murder had to have happened between July 1981 and March 1982 before Karen was put in the shallow grave.

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

He also said: "I wanna kill so badly, watching pathetic maggots die arouses me."

The eggs hatch into maggots which burrow into the wound or the membrane, feeding on the living flesh.

NWS myiasis is a parasitic infestation of fly larvae, or maggots, caused by parasitic flies.