Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

Lucilia spp.

Disease

Virtual Microscope

Characteristics 

  • Insect: Three part body (head/thorax /abdomen) and 6 legs
  • Insect: Three part body (head/thorax /abdomen) and 6 legs 
  • Blowflies (Calliphoridae)
  • Dorso-ventrally flattened
  • Wings 

•Medical significance: 

  • Myasis

  • Maggot therapy

Myasis

Maggot therapy

Werner Rudin, Swiss TPH
Werner Rudin, Swiss TPH
Werner Rudin, Swiss TPH

Posterior spiracles of third-instar larvae of myiasis