0 a creature like a very small worm that is found in decaying meat and other foods and later develops into a fly
1 a creature like a very small worm (= an animal with a soft body and no arms or legs) that later develops into a flying insect
If you’re really hungry, you can look for maggots and insects.
During this time the commodity can lose value regardless of whether the maggot is of quarantine importance.
The extrusion of the larva is accomplished very rapidly, and the maggot commences to crawl about as soon as it is born.
It is a small, elongated maggot, characterised by the black tumid lips which spring from the last segment.
This hypersensitive response caused 100% mortality of first instar maggots within four days.
Most of the larvae, or maggots, feed upon decaying vegetable or animal substances.