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Maggots Are an Incredibly Efficient Source of Protein, Which May Make Them the Next Superfood for Humans

Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets ...
Newser on MSN

Maggot protein may be the next sustainable superfood

Maggots may not be winning any popularity contests, but they're quietly becoming a contender to become the world's next big ...
Capital Press

Suspected wheat pests could be crane fly larvae

A Washington State University Extension expert says farmers need to avoid a case of mistaken identity. What wheat farmers near Waterville, Wash., recently thought could be armyworms, cutworms or ...
AOL

From Raining Flies to Baking Soda: How to Effectively Kill Maggots

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 ...
Gizmodo

This Fly Larva’s Butt Looks Like a Termite’s Head—and Termites Are Falling for It

How does a fly larva sneak into a termite nest? With a butt shaped like a termite’s head, obviously. An international team of researchers in Morocco has discovered blow fly larvae not just living but ...
NPR

Maggots associate the texture of a food with how tasty it is, research shows

MARTIN: Ever bite into a yummy-looking apple only to be rewarded with a chunk of nasty, mealy pulp? MARTÍNEZ: Oh, my God. If I expect crisp and instead get squish, it's a bad, bad deal (laughter).