![]() Between one hundred and three hundred eggs are laid by adult mango flies at once, ensuring the continuation of the species. Once they are older and ready to change into adults, they will burst from their host’s skin and change from a larva into an adult mango fly. These worms live under their host’s skin, where they remain, eating the inner layers of skin for as long as a few weeks. They originate in Central and Eastern Africa, but rare cases have seen them transported elsewhere in the world. Mango worms are most often found in hot, moist climates. They can choose from a variety of mammals, including dogs. But these worms don’t just infect people. ![]() ![]() In more common terms, this bug is known as the “human-eater” mango fly. These insects are the larvae of the Cordylobia anthropophagi.
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