[texianyankee]

I think you're confusing maggots which feast upon dead flesh and the larvae from the screw worm fly which feasts upon live flesh.

Check the link below:

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/flies/screwworm/index.shtml

[rock58seg]

Never found them anywhere but in a wound. Of course I may be wrong. They always seemed to follow the path of dieing flesh. Nose, eyes and naval.

Now that you made me thnk of it, (the naval was an obvious point of attack) the nose and eyes were simply moist, which was all that was required for the eggs to hatch. I had always assumed there was some kind of wound, which they attacked.

[azhenfud]

Here's how to deal with maggots.

"I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be "Sir!" Do you maggots understand that?"