[ConservativeMind]

Most definitely some maggots eat live flesh.

You just aren’t familiar with tropical fly species.

[cripplecreek]

Yup. People always think of the tropics as some kind of Eden-like paradise but the place can be a real horror show as well.

[Salamander]

Botflies/warbles.

{{{shudder}}}

[lavaroise]

In Guyanna ironing underwears dried outside was needed because sruff would lay eggs there that would then burrow larvae in your hips...

Reuing earplugs in the mideast was a nono. You could feel aracnids crawling around your ears. Cue tips dipped in boiling water did the job.