maggots?

[Leapers]

me again sorry
before maggots turn to flies are they still counted as insects or are they called larvae? i wasnt sure but guessed they may be larvae rather than insects as they lack the characteristics of an insect, but for some reason i cant get out the thought of them being a mammal but i know this is wrong.
thanks

[Ice.Maiden]

Maggots are larvae of flies leapers. To be an insect, it'd have to have certain characteristics, including 6 legs.
Mammals suckle their young and are warm-blooded. x

[Leapers]

thanks Ice.Maiden
i thought that too but having it confirmed has set my mind at rest

[wildwood]

When fly maggots have eaten enough they turn into a pupae, little brown pellets, that are likened to a butterfly's chrysalis but instead of hanging somewhere they rest in nooks and crannies. Then they go through a complete metamorphism and emerge as flies.

[Noweia]

They are insects, just an immature stage.

[spudo]

when they are in the chrysalis state they are called "casters"
this is not the scientific name for them but thats what fishermen call them.