What Do Maggots Do On An Open Wound. The best thing to do in this case is to shave the hair off their wound. Undoubtedly, there are as many types of maggots as there are flies.
But, it might surprise you. Again there was an exodus of big and small maggots. Maggots are the small, slimy larvae of the common household fly, and they can grow in any region that is moist, dark and secluded.