Common Green Bottle Fly Larva
Lucilia sericata (larva)
This pale maggot lives in carrion, manure, compost, and neglected wounds where moist decaying tissue is available. It feeds by rasping softened material with mouth hooks while burrowing through the food source. Several larvae may share the same resource, but each individual moves by muscular wriggling and avoids drying out by staying below the surface. A notable fact is that sterile larvae of this species have been used in maggot debridement therapy to clean dead tissue from wounds.
- Type
- Burrow
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Common Green Bottle Fly Larva
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- Common Green Bottle Fly