Essentially from the first moment the shoulder was placed flies started to appear almost instantly. As we went to check the shoulder, more and more flies had came and went and left some maggots behind. The stench of the rotting decomposing shoulder had gradually worsened and was detectable from a good distance. Looking up close you could see that the maggots wasted no time to feed on the rancid meat. They clustered in a maggot mass and left behind a secretion of enzymes which helped their feeding by breaking apart the meat. Eventually they got bigger and migrated away from the body and into the soil to pupatate.
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