Cleanup Squad
Posted by Travis Isreal on August 9, 2005
Q: Why can the Blow Fly maggot survive eating dead tissue only,but most other maggots Can't.
State: Wisconsin
A: Each species (kind) of fly has its own way of surviving. Some eat only plants, some eat only animal material, some eat both, and some eat dead things. We don't like the idea of eating dead animals but if you think about it for awhile, it does make sense. Dead meat is often easy to find (there are animals dying all the time) and as it rots, the meat is easy to digest for maggots - it's really a good food source even though it seems yucky to us.
John Wiessinger ( August 10, 2005)
Filed under: Insects