Known to science as Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly can be found across Central and South America. A reasonably common ...

What is botfly? Botflies are flies from the family Oestridae and have the appearance of a bee. Also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, their larvae use mammals as their host.

Five fly larvae removed from patient’s conjunctiva After ‘dust’ entered a young man’s eyes while he was cycling, the cause of a foreign body sensation in his right eye was found to be sheep botfly ...

This story comes from our partner, 90.5 WESA. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has begun its annual Black Fly Suppression Program. Black flies are gnat-sized — much smaller than ...

Q: Max, our 7-year-old terrier mix, lost his energy, stopped eating and started vomiting. His veterinarian diagnosed ...

Adult bot flies are hairy and look like bees, without bristles. The larvae, which are about one-third the size of a penny, were living in a pit 2- to 3- millimeters wide. They were removed Thursday.

America is home to over 90,000 species of insects, with more that have yet to be discovered. Here are 10 of the most dangerous insects in the U.S.

An odd little insect is the botfly. It irritates cattle and has no bristles. Odder still is a nameless fly, distant cousin to the housefly, whose larvae live by crawling into other insects, such ...

Rabbit has botfly larvae under skin on Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet This week on Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet, a dog is rushed in for emergency surgery and a rabbit has some Bot Fly larvae growing ...

If the larvae had been allowed to mature they would have turned into half-inch flies resembling bluebottles, with yellow heads and blue-grey bodies. The human botfly does not bite or lay its eggs ...

The Gee Family, also known as The Bucket List Family on Instagram, shared the terrifying video of a worm being pulled from their toddler's head ...

The Gee Family, also known as The Bucket List Family on Instagram, shared the terrifying video of a worm being pulled from their toddler's head TheBucketListFamily/Instagram Garrett Gee pulls botfly ...