Maggot

Maggots feeding on an opossum carrion
Maggots on a porcupine carcass
Maggots from a rabbit.
Common wild pig (boar) corpse decomposition timelapse. Maggots are visible.

A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies,[1] rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and crane flies.

  1. ^ "Definition of MAGGOT". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.