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Maggots are an incredibly efficient source of protein, which may make them the next superfood for humans

Are maggots the superfood of the future? Nina de Groot, InsectiPro’s head of operations, would say yes. Right now, American ...
New Atlas

Neanderthals weren’t picky meat eaters – they munched on maggots, too

Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...
Houston Public Media

Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots

Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple, only to be rewarded with a chunk of mealy pulp? Or take a swig of milk, and get something lumpy in your mouth? Yeah, yuck. Well, it turns humans have company ...
Science Daily

Why maggots love the texture of decaying fruit

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the fly larva mouth that allow the taste of food texture. Published in the ...
Tennessean

What are New World screwworms? Here's what to know about the flesh-eating parasitic fly

The United States has suspended all animal imports from Mexico due to a parasitic fly that can produce flesh-eating maggots. New World screwworms are the cause of the indefinite suspension of animal ...
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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and... Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just ...