It all started when a TikToker named Em Pease began decorating her home for the holidays, only to hear a "a weird rattle sound" from one of her ... entire army of bugs hiding inside her ornament.

But there are a bunch of other unsavory bugs that ... They lay eggs inside open wounds. Then the maggots hatch and devour the damaged flesh. That sounds brutal but we might one day be able to ...

The tiny insects, which are just three milimetres (one-tenth of an inch) long, were discovered after the woman -- known only as Ms Ho -- sought treatment for an itchy and swollen left eye ...