Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia Sericata) ...

... feeding on a Lemon Mint Flower in a Wild Garden in West Wales

 

It's just a fly you may think - but one of medical importance since 1826

It has shown promise in three separate clinical approaches:

1) larvae have the potential to debride wounds with extremely low probability of myiasis upon clinical application

2) larval secretions can help in tissue regeneration.

3) bacteremia levels could be lowered in patients infected with MRSA

Basically, L. sericata larvae can be used as biosurgery agents in cases where antibiotics and surgery are impractical (Wikipedia)

 

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200

ƒ/4.0

4.5 mm

1/500

ISO 100

 

[Dedicated to C.F. (ILYWAMHASAM) ]

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