Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an ...

Cheese skipper flies, Piophila casei, lay their eggs in cracks that form in cheese, usually fiore sardo, the island’s salty pecorino. Maggots hatch, making their way through the paste ...

It is called the most dangerous cheese in the world because it is a maggot-infested cheese. Tiny flies called cheese skipper flies lay their eggs in its cracks. These eggs later hatched, the maggots ...

And it is within these edgy curves that shepherds produce casu marzu, a maggot-infested cheese that, in 2009, the Guinness World Record proclaimed the world’s most dangerous cheese. Cheese skipper ...

And it is within these edgy curves that shepherds produce casu marzu, a maggot-infested cheese that, in 2009, the Guinness World Record proclaimed the world’s most dangerous cheese. Cheese skipper ...

02/07/2025 February 7, 2025 Bite into this cheese from Sardinia at your own peril. Cazu marzu is made with maggots. If they're still alive when eaten, they can harm your health.

It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its hazardous ...