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 example can be seen in the Instagram post by @natureuncharted. In the ...
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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 ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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 ...