The larvae (instars) grow and molt, finally dropping from the host into the soil to form pupae and molt into adult flies. Some species do not develop in the skin but are ingested and burrow into the host's intestine. This happens in animals that lick themselves or rub their noses on ...
From:Immigrant Medicine,2007 Related terms: Injurious Arthropods David A.Warrell, ...David A.Warrell, inHunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases (Tenth Edition), 2020 Myiasis1-3 Infestation of living animals by larval flies (Insecta, Diptera) is known as myiasis. In humans, ...