Flesh fly. The Sarcophagidae family of maggots ... In general, maggots are not dangerous to healthy people. However, maggots can infect human tissue and cause a disease called myiasis.

The "man-eating" screwworms, or "devastating pests" as the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls them, are maggots that live off of live tissue in an animal's - and sometimes human's - nostrils ...

New World Screwworms are fly larvae or maggots that can infest human flesh and cause infection, according to the release. The female flies could lay their eggs into opened wounds or an opening in ...