Myiasis is the term derived from the Greek word for fly, or myia. Myiasis is the infestation of living vertebrates by the larvae (maggots) of dipterous (2-winged) flies.1 Myiasis of traumatic or surgical wounds is seen occasionally in many big city hospital emergency departments during summer months and is caused by several fly species.2 It is estimated that about 7,000 cases of myiasis occur annually in the United States.3 About 671 publications on human myiasis were indexed between 1960 and 1995.