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

There was a tiny doubt inside her, like a maggot in an apple core.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman