The eggs hatch and become larvae, or maggots. They burrow into the wound to feed on the living flesh, the CDC says. That’s different from most other types of maggots that feed on decomposing flesh.

New World screwworm flies cause myiasis, an infection of flesh-eating maggots that burrow into the skin of living animals, causing serious and often fatal damage, Reuters reported. The fly is named ...

The eggs hatch and become larvae, or maggots. They burrow into the wound to feed on the living flesh, the CDC says. That’s different from most other types of maggots that feed on decomposing flesh.

Within a few hours, the eggs hatch into larvae (maggots) and burrow into the wound, eating the living flesh. After about seven days of feeding, the larvae drop to the ground, burrow into the soil ...

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It infests warm-blooded animals, using its mouth hooks to burrow into the flesh. It often causes severe wounds and complications that can lead to death. Painful infestations begin when a female lays ...

lay on a bare emergency room stretcher that only added to his pain and exacerbated his flesh wounds, a St-Jérôme Hospital co-ordinator testified at a coroner’s inquest Tuesday. Sophie St-Père ...