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Is this a Maggot and, if yes, what kind?
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These things appeared in friends flat. What are they?
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The parasitic ones (well, parasitoid since they live free as adults) are very different, sometimes literally microscopic, and never harmful to humans AFAIK.
Gruesomely fascinating and widely studied, though. Relevant recent XKCD.