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
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
In Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare has Berowne complain, “Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise, / Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation, / Figures pedantical; these summer flies / Have blown me full of maggot ostentation.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
While many maggots consume dead or decomposing material, screwworm larvae feed on healthy, living flesh.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Human poo, food covered in maggots and a tent "full of kit" were left behind at a south Wales national park over the bank holiday weekend.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Many of the dishes contained what appeared to be live maggots and flies, producing an overwhelming stench.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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
It tastes like fresh dirt and what I imagine maggots must taste like.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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