Maggots
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Size range
- 10–15 mm long
Distribution
- Native and introduced species
Life History
- Maggots are the immature stages of blowflies
- Pests on farms. Larvae normally found on carrion. Some species strike sheep by burrowing through the skin to live tissue
- In houses, food, especially meat, left exposed in summer is likely to be infested with blowfly eggs that quickly develop into larvae
