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G.A., Ismayilova. "The Common Green Bottle Fly Lucilia sericata (Diptera) And Its Use in Biotherapy." Journal of Life Sciences and Biomedicine 73, no. 1 (2018): 116–22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7764733.

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The article is dealing with the larval therapy. In the world health system, larval therapy with Lucilia sericata larvae has been successfully applied for the treatment of chronic diseases. This method is called "maggot debridement therapy (MDT) in the United States and "biosurgery" in the United Kingdom. Taking into account the advantages of larval therapy, its application is recommended in the healthcare system of ou country.

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Nigam, Yamni, Alyson Bexfield, Stephen Thomas, and Norman Arthur Ratcliffe. "Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part II—Maggots Combat Infection." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 3, no. 3 (2006): 303–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel022.

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Maggot therapy employs the use of freshly emerged, sterile larvae of the common green-bottle fly,Phaenicia(Lucilia)sericata, and is a form of artificially induced myiasis in a controlled clinical situation. Maggot therapy has the following three core beneficial effects on a wound: debridement, disinfection and enhanced healing. In part II of this review article, we discuss clinical infections and the evidence supporting the potent antibacterial action of maggot secretions. Enhancement of wound healing by maggots is discussed along with the future of this highly successful, often controversial, alternative treatment.

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Abdus, Satter, Ahsan Bin Habib Md., Abdulla-Al-Asif, Hamli Hadi, and Hossain Amir. "Replacement of fish meal by Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) live larvae and powdered meal in production of stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) post-larvae." AACL Bioflux 15, no. 6 (2022): 3220–37. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7529408.

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Reduction of aquaculture operations and production cost is key to the success and profitability of this enterprise, while protein needs, especially the cost of fish meal, are very expensive. The current study was conducted to investigate the post-larval production performance of Heteropneustes fossilis using Lucilia sericata maggot as a fish meal replacer in two ways, namely, live larvae and powder form. A 28 days growth trial was performed where five isonitrogenous diets for Heteropneustes fossilis post-larvae were experimented using live maggots and maggot meal, respectively. The proximate composition of each formulated diet, growth parameters of fish post-larvae, such as, weight gain, specific growth rate, protein efficiency ratio, apparent protein utilization, survival rate and the food conversion ratio were examined. After the experiment, the carcass composition of the experimental fishes were evaluated. The best final weight (1.61 g), weight gain (1.418 g), percentage of weight gain (739±1.18%), specific growth rate (2.63), protein efficiency ratio (2.29), apparent protein utilization (85%), survival rate (90%) and lower food conversion ratio (2.06) were observed in fish fed with 75% maggot meal as a substitute of fish meal. This study will help the aquaculture industry, especially the catfish culture in identifying an alternate source of protein and lowering the cost of aquaculture operation.

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Pöppel, Anne-Kathrin, Aline Koch, Karl-Heinz Kogel, et al. "Lucimycin, an antifungal peptide from the therapeutic maggot of the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata." Biological Chemistry 395, no. 6 (2014): 649–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2013-0263.

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Abstract We report the identification, cloning, heterologous expression and functional characterization of a novel antifungal peptide named lucimycin from the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata. The lucimycin cDNA was isolated from a library of genes induced during the innate immune response in L. sericata larvae, which are used as therapeutic maggots. The peptide comprises 77 amino acid residues with a molecular mass of 8.2 kDa and a pI of 6.6. It is predicted to contain a zinc-binding motif and to form a random coil, lacking β-sheets or other secondary structures. Lucimycin was active against fungi from the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Zygomycota, in addition to the oomycete Phytophtora parasitica, but it was inactive against bacteria. A mutant version of lucimycin, lacking the four C-terminal amino acid residues, displayed 40-fold lower activity. The activity of lucimycin against a number of highly-destructive plant pathogens could be exploited to produce transgenic crops that are resistant against fungal diseases.

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Nigam, Yamni, Alyson Bexfield, Stephen Thomas, and Norman Arthur Ratcliffe. "Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 3, no. 2 (2006): 223–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel021.

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It is now a universally acknowledged fact that maggot therapy can be used successfully to treat chronic, long-standing, infected wounds, which have previously failed to respond to conventional treatment. Such wounds are typically characterized by the presence of necrotic tissue, underlying infection and poor healing. Maggot therapy employs the use of freshly emerged, sterile larvae of the common green-bottle fly,Phaenicia(Lucilia)sericata, and is a form of artificially induced myiasis in a controlled clinical situation. In this review article, we will discuss the role of maggots and their preparation for clinical use. Maggot therapy has the following three core beneficial effects on a wound: debridement, disinfection and enhanced healing. In part I we explore our current understanding of the mechanisms underlying these effects.

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Pöppel, Anne-Kathrin, Heiko Vogel, Jochen Wiesner, and Andreas Vilcinskas. "Antimicrobial Peptides Expressed in Medicinal Maggots of the Blow Fly Lucilia sericata Show Combinatorial Activity against Bacteria." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 59, no. 5 (2015): 2508–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.05180-14.

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ABSTRACTThe larvae of the common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) produce antibacterial secretions that have a therapeutic effect on chronic and nonhealing wounds. Recent developments in insect biotechnology have made it possible to use these larvae as a source of novel anti-infectives. Here, we report the application of next-generation RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) to characterize the transcriptomes of the larval glands, crop, and gut, which contribute to the synthesis of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and proteins secreted into wounds. Our data confirm thatL. sericatalarvae have adapted in order to colonize microbially contaminated habitats, such as carrion and necrotic wounds, and are protected against infection by a diverse spectrum of AMPs.L. sericataAMPs include not only lucifensin and lucimycin but also novel attacins, cecropins, diptericins, proline-rich peptides, and sarcotoxins. We identified 47 genes encoding putative AMPs and produced 23 as synthetic analogs, among which some displayed activities against a broad spectrum of microbial pathogens, includingPseudomonas aeruginosa,Proteus vulgaris, andEnterococcus faecalis. AgainstEscherichia coli(Gram negative) andMicrococcus luteus(Gram positive), we found mostly additive effects but also synergistic activity when selected AMPs were tested in combination. The AMPs that are easy to synthesize are currently being produced in bulk to allow their evaluation as novel anti-infectives that can be formulated in hydrogels to produce therapeutic wound dressings and adhesive bandages.

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Zhuravlev, M. S. "THE STANDARDIZED ILEAL DIGESTIBILITY OF AMINO ACIDS FROM PROTEIN CONCENTRATE BASED ON THE LARVAE OF COMMON GREEN BOTTLE FLY Lucilia spp. (Diptera: Сalliphoridae) AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD INDICES IN BROILERS (Gallus gallus L.)". sel'skokhozyaistvennaya Biologiya 55, № 6 (2020): 1233–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.15389/agrobiology.2020.6.1233eng.

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Sugita, M., S. Itonori, F. Inagaki, and T. Hori. "Characterization of Two Glucuronic Acid-Containing Glycosphingolipids in Larvae of the Green-Bottle Fly, Lucilia caesar." Journal of Biological Chemistry 264, no. 25 (1989): 15028–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9258(18)63806-2.

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BLACKET, MARK J., and MALLIK B. MALIPATIL. "Redescription of the Australian metallic-green tomato fly, Lamprolonchaea brouniana (Bezzi) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae), with notes on the Australian Lamprolonchaea fauna." Zootaxa 2670, no. 1 (2010): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2670.1.2.

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The twenty-four species of Lonchaeidae (lance flies) known from Australia commonly breed in a wide variety of organic matter, including fruit and vegetables. The metallic-green tomato fly (Lamprolonchaea brouniana) is the best known species, being an agricultural pest. However its common name is also applied to other similar bright metallic goldengreen lance flies. Australian lance flies are generally relatively poorly understood taxonomically, with few species descriptions including (1) both male and female adults, (2) detailed descriptions of larval diagnostic morphological characters, and (3) molecular characterisation of the barcoding COI mitochondrial DNA region (no lance flies having been sequenced to date). The latter two could provide valuable tools to assist in identifying this species from larvae found in food produce, the most common life stage encountered, which are currently sometimes confused with economically important tephritid fruit fly larvae. In the current study we redescribe the morphological characteristics of adults, larvae and pupae as well as characterise the COI gene from the most common Australian lonchaeid fruit pest, L. brouniana, to enable an accurate species diagnosis. We provide a key to known Australian Lamprolonchaea species, and clarify the taxonomy of L. brouniana, including designating type material. This species appears to be restricted to Australia, and has been most commonly collected from the temperate south. Life history characteristics, including the timing of occurrence and host plant use, were also examined. Over the last decade south-eastern Australian larval samples were found over the warmer summer and autumn months from various fruit, most often (>70%) from tomato fruit, and not normally in association with other serious primary pests, such as Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni).

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Lee, In-Yong, Ju Yeong Kim, Jung-Min Park, et al. "Morphological studies of fly puparia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the soil from a Joseon Dynasty grave in Korea." Parasites, Hosts and Diseases 61, no. 4 (2023): 471–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/phd.23047.

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Archaeoentomological investigations were conducted on soil contents from a grave belonging to the Joseon Dynasty as part of the Urban Environment Maintenance Project (UEMP) in Cheongjin 12–16 dong (districts), Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea, from December 01, 2008 to February 19, 2011. A total of 28 insect puparia with hard shells of the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata were identified in the soil. Evidence suggested that the corpse was placed outside for some days instead of being buried immediately after death. This is the first report of fly puparia in soil samples from a tomb of the Joseon Dynasty during 16–17 AD in Korea. Our findings may help determine the timeframe of burial and offer archaeological insights into the funerary customs of the period.

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Brodie, Bekka, Regine Gries, Alysha Martins, Sherah VanLaerhoven, and Gerhard Gries. "Bimodal cue complex signifies suitable oviposition sites to gravid females of the common green bottle fly." Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 153, no. 2 (2014): 114–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12238.

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KAMIMURA, Kiyoshi, Ryo ARAKAWA, and Mitsuyo KOSUGI. "A case report on wound myiasis due to the common green bottle fly, Phaenicia sericata (Meigen)." Medical Entomology and Zoology 42, no. 2 (1991): 151–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.7601/mez.42.151.

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Gallagher, Meagan B., Sonia Sandhu, and Robert Kimsey. "Variation in Developmental Time for Geographically Distinct Populations of the Common Green Bottle Fly,Lucilia sericata(Meigen)." Journal of Forensic Sciences 55, no. 2 (2010): 438–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01285.x.

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Sugita, Mutsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Hiromi Naito, and Taro Hori. "Studies on Glycosphingolipids in Larvae of the Green-Bottle Fly, Lucilia caesar: Two Neutral Glycosphingolipids having Large Straight Oligosaccharide Chains with Eight and Nine Sugars1." Journal of Biochemistry 107, no. 6 (1990): 899–903. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a123145.

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Brodie, Bekka S., Tamara Babcock, Regine Gries, Arlan Benn, and Gerhard Gries. "Acquired Smell? Mature Females of the Common Green Bottle Fly Shift Semiochemical Preferences from Feces Feeding Sites to Carrion Oviposition Sites." Journal of Chemical Ecology 42, no. 1 (2015): 40–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0658-7.

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Itonori, Saki, Miwako Nishizawa, Minoru Suzuki, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Taro Hori, and Mutsumi Sugita. "Polar Glycosphingolipids in Insect: Chemical Structures of Glycosphingolipid Series Containing 2′-Aminoethylphosphoryl-(→6)-N-Acetylglucosamine as a Polar Group from Larvae of the Green-Bottle Fly, Lucilia caesar1." Journal of Biochemistry 110, no. 4 (1991): 479–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a123607.

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Makaida, Maksym V., Oleksander Y. Pakhomov, and Viktor V. Brygadyrenko. "Effect of increased ambient temperature on seasonal generation number in Lucilia sericata (Diptera, Calliphoridae)." Folia Oecologica 48, no. 2 (2021): 191–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0019.

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Abstract Global climate change and, specifically, rising temperatures, may increase the number of generations of necrophagous insects. The common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) ranks among the most important cosmopolitan necrophagous insects that utilize corpses and cause myiasis in farm animals and humans. Based on the data simulations, the use of accumulated degree-hours enables to calculate the number of generations of this forensically important species of blowfly with a greater accuracy than before, considering short-term increases of temperature at the boundary of the cold and warm seasons. The number of generations of L. sericata has increased from 7.65 to 8.46 in the Ukrainian steppe zone over the last 15 years, while the active developmental period of this species has increased by 25 days due to earlier start in spring. The average temperature increase of 1 °C increased the number of generations of L. sericata by 0.85. With a global climate change following the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 scenario (average temperature increase of 2.4 °C), adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by 2100 the number of generations of L. sericata in a simulated ecosystem will increase by 2.0 to 9.0 generations per year.

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Evlagin, V. G., L. N. Skorykh, and E. G. Evlagina. "Prospects of using silkworm biomass in sheep feeding." Glavnyj zootehnik (Head of Animal Breeding), no. 8 (May 20, 2021): 3–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/sel-03-2108-01.

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Due to the increase of consumption of food products by the population, especially of animal origin, the need of the livestock industry including sheep breeding for high-quality feed from an ecological point of view also increases. Recently, insects have received a lot of attention as a source of feed protein in the diet of farm animals. This is evidenced by numerous studies on the nutritional value and use of larvae of Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), Green-bottle fly (Lucilia Caesar), House fly (Musca domestica), meal worm (Tenebrio molitor), silkworms (Bombyx mori), and crickets (Gryllusbi maculatus) as food for farm animals. It is well known from foreign literature sources about the use of additive from silkworm pupae in the ration of sheep, as well as meal from crickets as the source of protein in the diet of lambs. The silkworm is a monophage eats in only at the caterpillar stage absorbing and accumulating the necessary nutrients and water from the mulberry leaves. The analysis of the works of foreign authors shows that the protein content in the silkworm caterpillars depending on the breed ranges from 63,02 to 67,99 %. However, the analysis of the content of the main nutrients in the section of silkworm breeds as well as the age of the caterpillars was not carried out in the works of domestic scientists. This research presents data on the nutrient content and metabolic energy in silkworm caterpillars by age depending on the breed for further development of the feed additive from silkworm biomass and its use in sheep breeding. In the course of the conducted research, the following results have been obtained. So, at the end of the 4th age on average the caterpillars have a body length of 4,5–5,0 cm, the weight of one caterpillar is 0,6–0,7 g. The largest size and weight are the caterpillars on 10 days of the 5th age; their body length on average for the studied breeds was 8,0–8,5 cm, the weight of one caterpillar was 4,5–5,5 g. The optimal stage of development of silkworm caterpillars for the production of feed additive is 10 days in the 5th age. During this period the caterpillars of the studied breeds Kavkaz-1, Kavkaz-2, Belokokonnaya-1, Belokokonnaya-2 contain protein from 62,71 to 66,55 %, fat from 14,81 to 16,95 %, fi ber from 2,36 to 2,81 %, ash 4,39–3,96 % and nitrogen-free extractive substances 9,31–15,81 % in absolutely dry matter. The highest content of nutrients and metabolic energy is allocated to the breeds Belokokonnaya-2 (protein – 66,55 %, fat – 16,95 %, metabolic energy – 20,86 MJ/kg) and Kavkaz-2 (protein – 64,10 %, fat – 15,59 %, metabolic energy – 20,24 MJ/kg).

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Anderson, Matthew, and Phillip E. Kaufman. "Common Green Bottle Fly or Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)." EDIS 2011, no. 12 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/edis-in903-2011.

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The common green bottle fly is a common visitor to carrion, feces, and garbage. Like many of the other blow flies, it plays an important role in forensic, medical, and veterinary science. Larvae or maggots help forensic scientists to determine the period of insect colonization as it relates to the time of death, aiding law enforcement in their investigations. Medical treatment using maggot therapy can help to heal infections that are otherwise incurable. Learn more in this 4-page fact sheet written by Matthew Anderson and Phillip E. Kaufman and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2011. Reviewed September 2014. EENY-502/IN903: Common Green Bottle Fly or Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae) (ufl.edu)

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Cutteridge, Joseph, and Katarzyna Bera. "Maggot debridement therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers: robbing the rich past to give to the sore." Journal of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences 2, no. 2 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.37707/jnds.v2i2.144.

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A diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus that results in significant morbidity and mortality. The lifetime risk of a patient with diabetes developing a DFU is 15-25%1. Furthermore, the incidence of DFUs is increasing in line with the growing burden of diabetes worldwide. The number of lower limb amputations secondary to diabetes has reached an all-time high in England, with 26,378 recorded from 2014-2017, an increase of 19.4% from 2010-20132. Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) involves the application of sterile larvae, usually of the species Lucilla sericata (common green bottle fly), which remove devitalised tissue to promote wound healing. This historical therapy re-emerged in the 1990s to combat the increasing incidence of recalcitrant wounds, such as DFUs. Since its reintroduction, there has been ongoing debate in the medical literature regarding the efficacy of MDT in the treatment of DFUs and other chronic wounds. We present the case of a 57-year-old male admitted with diabetic foot sepsis and multiorgan failure and discuss how MDT was used to complement initial surgical and antibiotic management. A 14-day course of MDT improved wound debridement and decreased necrotic tissue burden, after which no further surgical interventions were needed. This case provides further evidence that MDT is effective in the selective debridement of necrotic tissue and can aid the preservation of limb length in DFU patients, thereby highlighting the importance of MDT in multispecialist diabetic foot care.

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Robinson, Alyss Vaughan, Hester Lacey, and Baljit Dheansa. "Maggot debridement therapy for burns surgery avoidance in an elderly and comorbid patient: A case report." Scars, Burns & Healing 11 (March 2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/20595131241279076.

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Introduction Maggot debridement therapy is an effective and widely used biodebridement method in chronic or non-healing wounds but is infrequently documented in burn injuries. Many burn patients wish to avoid surgical intervention, and in an ageing population with increasing comorbidities surgery may not always be preferable. Here we describe its successful use in an elderly and comorbid patient. Methods The larvae were applied to a 0.5% full thickness burn wound on the thigh using two treatments of BioMonde Biobags, and he achieved healing within eight weeks. Discussion Maggot debridement therapy has been documented to shorten healing time, increase the likelihood of healing, and reduce antibiotics use in other chronic wounds. Maggots may be more selective in debriding wounds than sharp surgical debridement, preserving more healthy tissue. There is evidence to suggest that maggots clear biofilms created by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa , which are common organisms cultured in burn wounds. The patient was enthusiastic about the therapy and would recommend it to other patients. Conclusions More formal evidence is required to compare outcomes between maggot debridement therapy and surgical intervention in such patient subgroups, as this may become a workhorse therapy for successful burns debridement and treatment. Lay Summary Burn injuries are common and increasingly so in the elderly. Full-thickness injuries are those which involve all the layers of skin and are at risk of becoming long-term wounds if left to heal on their own. These types of wounds will often develop a hard covering layer, called eschar, which protects the regenerating skin underneath but can slow down how fast the wound heals. Often patients with full thickness injuries will need the eschar removed, the wound surgically cleaned (known as debriding) and a skin graft to reduce the healing time. However, in elderly patients with medical issues such as diabetes and heart problems (as in this case), surgery may not be advisable due to the risks of having anaesthetics, as well as the medical problems possibly impacting on how well the skin graft will work. Maggots are immature green-bottle fly larvae which feed on dead tissue and release enzymes to break it down to digest. They have been used in wound care for centuries but are less frequently considered an option for burns. In this case report, an elderly and comorbid patient sustained a deep burn injury to his thigh. He declined surgery and maggots were used instead, which were highly safe and effective. He did not require skin grafting. We suggest more studies are required to compare how effective this treatment is within the elderly population as means of avoiding surgery.

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Yoshida, Takuma, Hiroka Aonuma, Saori Otsuka, et al. "A human tissue-based assay identifies a novel carrion blowfly strain for maggot debridement therapy." Scientific Reports 12, no. 1 (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16253-9.

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AbstractMaggot debridement therapy (MDT) is a form of therapeutic wound treatment in which live fly larvae are used intentionally to debride necrotic tissues. MDT has been widely used to treat chronic wounds in humans or animals, such as diabetic foot ulcers. Larvae of a carrion blowfly, Lucilia sericata (green bottle fly), debride wounds by consuming necrotic tissue and removing pathogenic bacteria, promoting effective wound healing. Most medical L. sericata strains were initially collected from natural environments using animal meat as bait and reared on artificial protein-rich media or ground meat. It remains to be examined which strain would be more appropriate for MDT, whereas any method for evaluating the fly’s therapeutic potential in humans has not been available. A feeding assay was developed using minced human tissues obtained from surgical waste. To establish L. sericata strains highly eligible for MDT, carrion fly larvae were collected from 45 corpses subjected to forensic autopsy (such as decomposed bodies). Four corpse-derived L. sericata strains were obtained and evaluated using the feeding assay. One strain showed that its feeding activity was 1.4 times higher than the control strain used in conventional MDT. The body length of the adult fly of the corpse-derived strain was longer than the control, which was consistent with the observation that its cell size was enlarged. The human tissue-based assay developed in this study accurately evaluated the ability of fly larvae to debride necrotic wounds. The L. sericata strain newly established from human corpses harboring high feeding activity may offer a clinically significant improvement in MDT.

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Guzman, Juan, Anja Poehlein, Rolf Daniel, Peter Kämpfer, and Andreas Vilcinskas. "Vagococcus luciliae sp. nov., isolated from the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 73, no. 3 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005787.

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The genus Vagococcus belongs to the family Enterococcaceae (order Lactobacillales) and is closely related to the genus Enterococcus . Currently, 19 species of the genus have been validly named. In this study, we isolated strain G314FT from the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata collected in Germany. Sequencing of its almost-complete 16S rRNA gene revealed that the isolate belongs to the genus Vagococcus , being closely related to Vagococcus bubulae SS1994T with high sequence identity (99.50 %), followed by Vagococcus martis D7T301T (98.86 %), Vagococcus vulneris SS1995T (98.71 %), Vagococcus teuberi DSM 21459T (98.64 %), Vagococcus silagei 2B-2T (98.64 %) and Vagococcus penaei CD276T (98.64 %). Genome sequencing of strain G314FT was performed by a combination of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore technology, yielding a circular genome with a size of 2 139 468 bp and an 11 kb plasmid. Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values were calculated between G314FT and its closest-related taxa, and found to be <91 % and <40 %, respectively, thus strongly supporting that strain G314FT represents a novel species of the genus Vagococcus . Phylogenetic and core protein-based phylogenomic trees revealed that G314FT was closely related to a group of three species, V. bubulae SS1994T, V. martis D7T301T and V. teuberi DSM 21459T. Comparatively, the genome of G314FT is the smallest in the group of the four related species, and the biochemical pathway comparison using BlastKOALA revealed that G314FT has lost some amino acid biosynthetic proteins; however, it has gained enzymes for carbohydrate metabolism. Phenotypically, G314FT was consistent with other species of the genus Vagococcus including a negative catalase reaction and non-motility. Using the polyphasic approach, our data supports that the isolate represents a new species, for which we propose the name Vagococcus luciliae G314FT (=DSM 112651T= CCM 9164T).

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Bavani, Mulood Mohammadi, Seyyed Jaavad Seyyedzadeh, Ehsan Radi, Azam Malekian, Mahdiyeh Hoseinpour, and Saber Gholizadeh. "Sterilization of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Eggs for Maggot Debridement Therapy." Journal of Medical Entomology, February 21, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac020.

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Abstract Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is a therapy with the medical use of sterile fly larvae of certain species, particularly those within the Calliphoridae family including green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata (Meigan, Diptera: Calliphoridae), for treating chronically infected wounds and ulcers. Lucilia sericata flies were maintained under insectary conditions, and the eggs were sterilized using three treatments: hydrogen peroxide solutions, used as a hand disinfectant (Treatment 1—T1), hydrogen peroxide, surface disinfectant (Treatment 2—T2), and SaniHigene (Treatment 3—T3) and the control (without treatment). All three treatment caused the complete sterilization of eggs, and no bacterial colonies were found on the blood agar culture. The egg hatching rate after 72 h was much higher than after 24 h. Egg mortality in hydrogen peroxide solutions, T1 and T2, was 3–4% and less than in solution T3 (13%). Owing to less mortality and more sterility of the eggs, the aforementioned solutions are suggested to be appropriate for sterility in maggot therapy.

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Uslu, Ugur. "Treatment of a Chronical Infected Wound in a Cat with Sterile Lucilia Sericata Larvae." Open Access Journal of Veterinary Science & Research 8, no. 2 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/oajvsr-16000240.

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The larvae of the green bottle fly Lucilia Sericata have been successfully used throughout history as a debridement method for chronic and infected wounds. In 1929, Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin dramatically reduced the use of surgical larvae, but soon after the emergence of antibiotic resistance, sterile larvae re-emerged as an alternative in treatment. For a long time, sterile larvae applications were neglected in veterinary medicine. However, recently, both in the world and in Turkey, MDT is seen as an effective treatment method for chronic wounds of animals. The case of this case report is a 1-yearold male stray cat brought to a private clinic by a benefactor with a chronic infectious wound of 2.5x 2.5 cm and 0.5 cm in depth extending from the distal right hind leg cruris to the region of the ossa tarsi bones. It was decided to apply MDT to the wound using sterile 2nd instar Lucilia Sericata larvae. Sterile 2nd instar larvae were placed in the wound area daily and after 24 hours the larvae were removed, the area was cleaned and then new larvae were placed. Larval treatment was applied 7 times and until the last larva application, the large and infected wound gradually shrank and 100% healing was achieved. In this study, it was reported that Lucilia Sericata larvae showed high recovery in the treatment of chronic wounds of animals and the importance of evaluating them among treatment alternatives was emphasized.

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Martínez-Sánchez, A., T. Ivorra, Y. Velásquez, L. Cerdá-Ortega, C. Ibáñez, and S. Rojo. "Dietary and competition effects on life history attributes of Chrysomya megacephala and Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in south-west Europe." International Journal of Legal Medicine, January 23, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-025-03425-1.

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Abstract The range of the oriental latrine fly (Chrysomya megacephala) is currently expanding. It coexists with another blowfly with a similar ecology, the green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata), one of the most abundant species in carrion during warm months. It is essential to understand the influence of temperature, larval substrate type, and larval competition on the development rates of these necrophagous calliphorids to evaluate the role and the adaptation of C. megacephala in the ecosystems, and on the necrophagous Diptera community. Moreover, due to the forensic importance of both species, biological data are need for forensic purposes in south-west Europe. This study represents the first on the biology of C. megacephala in Europe, and of L. sericata in Spain. We performed a field experiment in Alicante province (south-east Spain) to analyse the monthly abundance of both species in natural conditions, and three lab rearing experiments involving both species to evaluate (i) development at constant temperatures, (ii) the growth of larvae and pupae on different substrates, and (iii) coexistence in pure and mixed cultures under controlled abiotic conditions. The results allowed us to analyse the biological differences between both species, and their effects on the forensic entomology application.

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Naing, Shine Shane, Haruna Fujioka, Teruhisa Matsuura, and Takahisa Miyatake. "Effects of caffeine on the longevity and locomotion activity of the common green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)." Applied Entomology and Zoology, February 9, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-025-00893-0.

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Abstract The common green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is a promising and useful managed pollinator for greenhouse agricultural crops. The fly can pollinate at lower and higher temperatures than European honeybee. However, management of the longevity of pollinators is important for growers using greenhouses. Previous studies using other insects showed that caffeine affects insect longevity and behaviors. For instance, European honeybee live longer and have increased memory after caffeine consumption. How caffeine affects the longevity and behavior of pollinators is worth investigating because it can affect pollinator’s behavior, extend longevity, or be an insecticide against pollinators. In the present study, therefore, the longevity and locomotion of L. sericata were investigated when they were given different caffeine concentrations. First, the longevity of L. sericata with five different caffeine concentrations was compared to the control. The results showed that higher concentrations of caffeine (2%, 1%, and 0.5%) significantly decreased the life span compared to lower concentrations (0.05% and 0.01%). Second, the locomotion activities of L. sericata were examined at those two caffeine concentrations with treated and control male and female flies utilizing a Drosophila Activity Monitor (DAM). Treatment with 0.05% caffeine dramatically reduced locomotion, but treatment of 0.01% caffeine did not. We also compared lipid concentrations of flies: flies treated with 0.05% caffeine had a lower lipid concentration compared to flies treated with 0% and 0.01% caffeine. These results indicate that caffeine had negative effects on the longevity and locomotion activities of the pollinator L. sericata in laboratory conditions.

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Essien, J. P. "Insecticidal Potential of an Orally Administered Metabolic Extract of Aspergillus niger on Chrysomya chloropyga (Green bottle fly) Larvae." Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management 8, no. 1 (2005). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v8i1.17225.

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Barlaya, Gangadhar, Pinky Basumatary, Raghavendra Channaveer Huchchappa, Banahalli Sriramreddy Ananda Kumar, and Hemaprasanth Kannur. "Larval rearing of fringe‐lipped carp, Labeo fimbriatus (Bloch) with low cost diets including green bottle fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) larvae meal incorporated diet." Journal of Applied Ichthyology, June 19, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.14236.

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Malejko, Julita, Krzysztof Deoniziak, Justyna Kruszewska, Kinga Sulej, and Beata Godlewska-Żyłkiewicz. "Bioaccumulation of cadmium in common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata and its impact on insect development - prospect for use in feed and food production." Food Chemistry, November 2024, 142055. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142055.

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Polat, Nevra, Salih Mollahaliloğlu, and Murat Koç. "Effects of Different Temperature and Humidity Regimes on Reproduction and Development of Lucilia sericata (Meigen,1826) Female Populations." Veterinary Journal of Kastamonu University, December 13, 2024. https://doi.org/10.61262/vetjku.1572182.

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Aim to study: The development of animals such as Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) that cannot metabolically regulate body temperature and maintain body temperature by absorbing heat from the surrounding environment (i.e., poikilotherms) has been extensively described using the temperature collection model (Grassberger & Reiter, 2002). This study aimed to investigate oviposition tendency and oviposition development times and ideal temperature and humidity values for mass rearing of the green bottle fly Lucilia sericata, which was studied in the laboratory at three different constant temperatures (25°C, 30°C, 35°C) and three different constant humidities (35% R.H., 50% R.H., and 65% R.H.). Material and methods: The humidity was fixed at each experimental temperature to determine the maximum egg-laying and development time at different temperatures, and the number of days and degrees required to complete each stage was determined. The temperature was fixed in the different humidity experiments, and the insectarium was examined under controlled conditions in a 12:12 (L:D) photoperiod cycle. Results: A significant difference was obtained between the number of Lucilia sericata eggs laying at different temperature values (χ2=21.143, P < 0.05). A significant difference was found between the number of Lucilia sericata eggs laying at different humidity values (χ2=17.913, P < 0.05). However, there is no significant difference between the number of egg-laying larvae at 50% and 65% humidity values (P > 0.05). Conclusion: For the egg-laying tendency of Lucilia sericata flies in a specific insectarium under laboratory conditions, a temperature of 35°C and a humidity of 50% is ideal.

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