maggots IN fies?

Question

Do maggots actually live inside house flies?? I squished a housefly and maggots actually crawled out of the the fly. I always was told that flies laid eggs and then the eggs hatched and became maggots but i actuually saw the maggots crawl out of the dead fly!!!! am i crazy or is this possible?

Answer 1

The 'common' housefly (Musca domestica) belongs to family Muscidae and lays eggs. However, other flies, such as those of family Sarcophagidae, are viviparous (i.e. the eggs and larvae develop inside the mother's body).

You can distinguish sarcophagid flies because they have longitudinal dark and white stripes on their bodies and prominent reddish eyes. See this photograph:
http://www.deathonline.net/decomposition/corpse_fauna/flies/flesh.htm

These flies are attracted to rotting meat, so make sure you don't have any of that in the house!

Answer 2

I've witnessed this too, once. I think that the fly in question was close to bursting with the larvae of another, parasitic insect, maybe from a wasp.

Or maybe something went wrong in the fly and it couldn't lie the eggs so they either hatched inside its body or were rather forcefully hatched when you squished it.

Answer 3

A maggot would not fit inside a living housefly. I don't know what you saw, but it was not a fly larva.

Answer 4

unfortunetly yes..i had a pet praying mantis and i would catch common house flies to feed it ..i caught a huge one and stuck it in with Manny the mantis ..when manny grabbed the fly and started eating it butt first all these lil maggots came squirting out..it was actually quite comical because he got one on his eye and he just let it there until the whole flie was done...guess it was dessert
ewww :)

Answer 5

Some flies do give birth to live maggots. Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis(a type of blow fly), bot flies and others give live birth.
http://static.flickr.com/31/51276924_56b0cd6b1a.jpg

Answer 6

i agree with bravozulu
he said it all; i didnt wanna retype it