As disgusting as maggots are, it's surprisingly easy for them to end up in your home, especially during the warmer months when flies are most active. All it takes is a forgotten piece of food, an ...

Finding maggots in your trash can is probably one of the worst discoveries around your home. I, for one, have been unfortunate enough to suffer with a maggot infestation and let me tell you, I had an ...

The row on the right exhibits no signs of wheat stem maggot infestation; it was not planted into a cover crop. The corn row on the left was planted into a cover crop. That demonstrates how closely ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

Mobile Zoo has been under the gun for several years for failure to upgrade its facilities to meet modern standards. The latest inspection by the USDA found numerous infractions including food spoilage ...

Whilst it can be a nasty shock to discover maggots in your bin it's not a surprising occurrence. The reason being that bins are the perfect breeding ground for them, particularly during warm weather.