What Happens When a Botfly Infests a Horse’s Nose

While there are plenty of beautiful sights in nature, occurrences in the animal kingdom can also be downright nasty. One such ...
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You Can Use Bacon Grease To Remove Botflies

Bacon lovers traveling to Central America, the Caribbean, or parts of Africa, here’s one more reason to love bacon’s greasy goodness: it can help remove botfly larva. Last month, PBS’s NOVA program ...
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This San Gabriel boy had a rare botfly removed from his head and now calls himself ‘Bot-man’

It’s a nickname the 7-year-old San Gabriel resident gave himself after a botfly larva latched onto his scalp and burrowed inside his head during a trip to Costa Rica with his parents last month. “It ...
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What If You Had a Botfly Infestation?

Under your skin, a parasite could be eating you alive until it develops into this horrifying insect, the botfly. So what would happen if botflies infested your body? How would the larvae eat you alive ...