Bot flies are not generally considered festive. This is especially true if you are a reindeer, which often have reindeer nasal bot flies, or snot bots, as they are affectionately known.

Long talk story about the bot fly, and Dr. Townsend-Dr. Langmuir controversy as to its speed. Dr. Townsend,a specialist in the study of Diptera (flies, gnats, and mosquitoes), first published his ...

Kimberly LaRussa, Founder of Sweet Buffalo, says all 72 cats will be cared for by Ten Lives Club as part of Wings of Rescue’s mission, where they traveled from California to Florida, then New ...

A video of a botfly larvae being extracted from a kitten's nostril has been watched more than 12 million times. Horrifying videos have emerged on TikTok recently showing removal of the parasites ...

Tree squirrel bot fly larvae get into through the mouth, nostril or other orafice to grow and eventually pop out ...

Most internal parasites of horses are worms, but bots are the larvae of a fly that needs a horse to complete its life cycle. This parasite spends most of its ...

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

Adult bot flies are hairy and look like bees, without bristles. One type, dermatobia hominis, attacks livestock, deer, and humans.