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Maggots will usually eat dead. Don't worry about them eating you but some cases have been reported about them eating necrotic/dead tissue on a live person. They are important to the world because they eat dead things. They have tiny tiny mouths so it will take them a long time to eat a whole dead rat or bird. They also eat ants-- I saw one chasing an ant in my house!

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It depends on which surface. On a more coarse surface, maggots will move faster whereas on a smoother surface they will move slower. This is because they have a special technique in moving whereby the head of the maggot hooks onto the surface and pulls the rest of the body after it-by a hook and pull technique. Therefore on a smoother surface, the maggot may have difficulty in moving due to the fact that it cannot hook onto anything.

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why did you ask me this when i dont know the answer

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Maggots don't necessarily disappear. They turn into house flies. Maggots hatch as larvae, larvae become pupae, and pupae become house flies.

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No. Maggots are fly larvae. They are very similar to small white worms in appearance. They get their wings after becoming a pupae and going through metamorphosis.

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I've never timed them walking but one thing I'm sure of is maggots walk uphill, always! Every time I see them they are traveling uphill.

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No, they flutter and twirl. They turn warm colors if they have recently eaten. Be careful; they can digest rib meat quickly.

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