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Who was the doctor who showed that maggots hatch from eggs that flies lay on meat?
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Who was the Doctor that showed maggots hatch from eggs that flies lay on meat and not from the meat itself was?
Pasteur
Where do flies begin their life?
Flies start out as eggs that hatch into maggots. Maggots hatch as larvae, larvae hatch as pupae, and pupae turn in to house flies.
How do maggots get in your house?
Flies lay their eggs and they hatch as maggots
Do maggots lay eggs?
Err no. Maggots are the beginning stage of flies. Flies lay the eggs, which then hatch into larve that later become Maggots.
How fast do flies bread?
They lay larvae which then hatch into maggots and develop into flies
Do house flies come from maggots?
No flies lay maggots, flies lay eggs, these eggs will hatch into maggots.
If flies lay eggs that hatch into maggots do they then grow into another fly?
yes all maggots are is a baby fly.
How do magets get om food?
Maggots are the larvae of regular flies which lay there eggs in old food/meat/faeces. These eggs hatch into maggots which eventually become flies. So it goes, eggs ---> maggots ---> flies
Why are there maggots in your sugar?
There could be maggots in your sugar if a fly ever landed on the sugar while it was opened. Flies leave eggs and the maggots will hatch anywhere.
What do baby flies look like?
Baby flies are called maggots. Maggots are what hatch from fly eggs. Maggots then turn into pupae and finally emerge as house flies. There is really no such thing as baby flies, only flies that may appear smaller in size.
Do maggots eat dead bodies?
Maggot is a general term for the larval form of an insect. They appear 2-5 days after an adult insect lays its eggs. In the case of a deceased animal, flies are usually the source of maggots. The flies lay their eggs after being drawn to the smell of rotting flesh. The eggs hatch into maggots and they get their nutrients from eating the body. This also aids in decomposition. Actually there is a field of forensics called forensic entymology or solving crimes by observing the insects/larva on a body. Each insect has a specific life cycle and the time it takes for the larva to hatch can be diagnostic.
Why do flies have maggots when they die?
Flies lay their eggs and when they hatch, it forms the maggot's, the fly larva , before they develop into flies.
