The larvae of this common fly have found to have great healing powers using maggot therapy.
Maggot therapy is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound(s) of a human or animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement) and disinfection.
picture taken in may 2017 in uk
if anyone has tried this therapy please comment on its effectiveness