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n. - Stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals.

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  • The gruesome insect, called a botfly, lays its eggs on mosquitos which then bite humans, depositing the eggs under the skin, where they start to grow.
  • The botfly devours the fly; the bird, the botfly; the snake, the bird.
  • Many species of dipterous insects - fruit fly, face fly, botfly, horn fly, and housefly, for example - are targets for neem products.
  • And then we have the human bot fly ... yum yum ... scroll down about halfway to see human botfly larva, in and out of the body ... mmm, parasites!
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