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by | Insects, Maggots&nbsp;Full DisclosureWant to know what a maggot infestation looks like? Then you’ve come to the right place.Below is a list of things to look for if you think you have maggots, along with some pictures and video of my own infestation. If you have one or more of these signs, you probably have a maggot problem and need to take care of it urgently.In this blog post, you’ll get 8 signs of a maggot infestation and how to kill them once and for all.You most likely have a maggot infestation if…What came first, the fly or the maggot?The fly!Maggot infestations start with flies.Flies lay eggs, and maggots hatch from these eggs a few days later.If you have a lot of flies in your house or yard, it’s because there’s food there for them to eat or food for their maggots to eat, so you can bet they’re laying eggs there.It only takes one female to lay her eggs and start a maggot infestation. If you see flies buzzing around an area, there’s a chance you’ll see or soon see maggots nearby.If you want to know where the maggots come from, or make sure you have maggots and not something else, look for fly eggs.Fly eggs are small, oval, white or cream, and usually less than half an inch (1 mm) long. Fresh eggs are shiny and wet-looking, but they soon dry out to look dull.One fly lays hundreds or even thousands of eggs, so look for batches of eggs.Click here to read my article on how to find where maggots are coming from.If you see lots of maggots, you have an infestation.When maggots hatch, they’re usually white or cream in color and look a lot like worms.During an infestation, most maggots come from the same batch of eggs. This means that all the worm-like creatures are more or less the same size because they hatch around the same time.You don’t have to see hundreds or thousands of maggots to know there’s an infestation. Simply finding a few maggots tells you there’s a problem.If you see one or two maggots, they had to hatch somewhere with others. So take any and all maggots as a sign that you have an infestation somewhere and need to find the source.Click here for a step-by-step guide to identifying maggots, so you don’t have any doubt about what’s crawling in front of you.Maggots are designed to do one thing: Eat.What they eat depends on what type of fly laid the eggs.Females lay their eggs either attached to or near a food source so their maggots can start eating as soon as possible. And food for a maggot can be pretty much anything gross, like garbage or animal feces (poop).Click here to read my blog post on what different flies eat, so you know what their maggots eat and where to find them.If you have maggots, you’ll notice hundreds or thousands of them crawling around in a food source or frantically crawling around looking for food.Below is a video of fresh maggots coming out of my kitchen bin to look for food:From my own horrible experiences with maggots, I’ve noticed that they tend to crawl along the edges of floors, close to walls. This is probably for safety reasons, so there’s less chance of being seen and killed as they are exposed in their hunt for food.And it’s each one for himself in maggot kingdom. Maggots don’t stick together but rather separate when looking for food, so they spread throughout the house or area.Maggots hatch to eat, and they eat whatever’s in front of them or the first thing they find.Maggots don’t have teeth. They eat by scraping food with their hooked mouthparts, which they turn into liquid with enzymes and swallow.Because all maggots do is eat, you will soon see signs of a maggot infestation by the damage they cause to the things they eat.Of course, what they eat depends on the type of fly they are because different flies’ maggots eat different things.For example:Once maggots eat enough food to give them the energy to turn into flies, they form a protective covering and turn into pupae.Fly pupae are reddish-brown cocoons with a developing fly inside.If you find pupae near living maggots or where you think maggots were active, then you have or had a maggot infestation.There’s usually a smell that comes with a maggot infestation – and it’s strong.Every time I’ve had maggots, I’ve woken up to a distinct smell in the house (for some reason they always appear in the morning). It smells like food that’s gone off, but it has a slightly sweeter or different smell to regular waste.Maggots clean up the environment by eating stinky things, like rotting foods, feces, and dead animals. None of these things smell very tasty to us humans!On top of that, maggots have to process and digest all the food they eat. In turn, they release their own urine and feces, which adds to the stinky smell.But wait, there’s a reason for all of this…The bad smell attracts more flies, which lay more eggs, and this leads to an even greater maggot infestation. And so the fly population continues to thrive, unless you stop it.If you smell rotting food and/or a strong smell of urine, you might have found the source of the maggot infestation.If you have maggots, it’s a good idea to kill them as quickly as possible before they spread. Here are my best tips and tricks, and products from Amazon, that work well:I'm Monique. I love gardening and spending time in my backyard growing things. Here's where I share what I know about backyard pests and what to do about them, so you can enjoy your yard too.Backyard Pests participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, the ShareASale affiliate program, and other affiliate programs. This means that if you buy a product or service through one of our links, we may receive a small commission from the sale for referring you. Thank you for your support!MONIQUEMonique loves gardening and spending time in her backyard, where she grows flowers, succulents, herbs, fruits, and vegetables.Monique spends a lot of time researching how to protect her backyard from harmful pests and trying to attract beneficial insects and animals.She shares everything that she learns and tests here at Backyard Pests.&nbsp;If you have maggots, you need to locate the source as quickly as possible so you can kill them before they turn into flies. But there are many, if not hundreds, of places in your home and on your property where maggots could be hatching from fly eggs. Below is my list...read moreIf you have maggots in your house or yard, how do you know where they come from? Maggots are most likely to come from indoor or outdoor bins, so this is the first place to look for them. Other maggots might come from soil, fruits, or even water. Maggots hatch from fly...read moreBackyardPests.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. We also participate in other affiliate programs which compensate us for referring traffic.

by | Insects, Maggots&nbsp;Full DisclosureWant to know what a maggot infestation looks like? Then you’ve come to the right place.Below is a list of things to look for if you think you have maggots, along with some pictures and video of my own infestation. If you have one or more of these signs, you probably have a maggot problem and need to take care of it urgently.In this blog post, you’ll get 8 signs of a maggot infestation and how to kill them once and for all.You most likely have a maggot infestation if…What came first, the fly or the maggot?The fly!Maggot infestations start with...

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