Myiasis

Lifecycle

Notes

  • Robin Bailey (cases from London): Flies whose larvae cause myiasis, the infestation of humans or other animals by dipteran larvae, are classified as either obligate, requiring a living host to develop in or on (as here), or facultative where development may occur, for example, in carrion.

  • •eggs may be laid in a pre-existing wound, as here, though NWS larvae can also penetrate intact skin.