Maggots in dreams may reflect our own fears about death and illness. No-one likes the idea of the physical body being consumed by maggots, although, in fact, the spiritual does remain whole. Though the old use of maggots to cleanse wounds is receiving attention today, maggots can represent impurities in the body. They also link with the sense of being eaten up from the inside by something such as an idea, feeling or emotion that is alien to us and can, therefore, overtake and overcome us. Maggots appearing in dreams in their correct context can represent the feelings we have about death. If a fisherman was using maggots we would be referring to power and energy, but if someone else was using maggots, their use of nastiness might be in question. Consult the entry for Death, Dead People and Ill/Illness for further clarification.
Can represent physical, mental, or emotional:
Festering or rotting, as when a situation or feelings that need attention have not been dealt with
Results of a messy or "stinking" situation
Undesirable or unclean situation
Dreaming of this insect can represent:
Having too much of one of these qualities, or that you could benefit by being less this way
Not having enough of one of these qualities, or that you could benefit by being more like this
Someone or something in your real life with whom you associate one of these qualities (an event, situation, threat, etc.)
For more clues, pay attention to what the animal was doing or any particular characteristic that stood out.