It takes about 10-14 days for a newly hatched maggot to complete it's life cycle and turn into a fly.
Usually within a matter of a few hours. We've had mealoaf taken to a picnic develop maggots before we went home. UGH!
Maggot is the common name of the larval phase of development in insects of the order Diptera (flies)
a fly
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