Maggot art used to educate youngsters
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Typically, most people don't warm up to the idea of handling blow fly larvae, known better as maggots. But for one biologist and entomologist, the wiggling insect larvae are tools that are an integral part of crime scene investigation and, for children, a basic introduction into the life cycle of insects and the valuable role they play in nature.