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. From Wordnik.com. [HomePage - The Sun] Reference
The botfly devours the fly; the bird, the botfly; the snake, the bird. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Many species of dipterous insects - fruit fly, face fly, botfly, horn fly, and housefly, for example - are targets for neem products. From Wordnik.com. [5 Effects on Insects] Reference
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!. From Wordnik.com. [wench77 Diary Entry] Reference
My favorite question to ask an IDC is whether or not Yahweh created such pleasant and wonderful creatures as the botfly or the candiru in their current form. From Wordnik.com. [More on Signature in the Cell - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
And finally, for Lisa: No, I suspect the botfly you have to worry about laying eggs on horses legs is probably some sort of warble fly, where the larvae would grow under the skin. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Fird littermate had abig horribul disgustifying botfly larva in himz neck taht teh nyse vet tech at teh shelter taked owt fur him, but it leeved him wif a open hole in hims throat, an him still smaller than teh uvvers an week an shaky an stuff, an needing sum eggstra TLC. From Wordnik.com. [No, no, you go on. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Don't ever google images of botfly larvae like I did. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
They found hook and round worms, and some dogs had botfly. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
The one that's been festering inside of her like botfly larvae. From Wordnik.com. [ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs] Reference
A look at human botfly infestation (includes video: not for the squeamish). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Organic or Not Organic?] Reference
Soupisgoodfood - there are botfly larvae that gestate inside a living host. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
There are about as many ways to get rid of botfly larvae as people you talk to. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Gravid botfly females apparently catch mosquitos on the wing and then lay their eggs on the mosquito's body. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
A look at human botfly infestation (includes video: not for the squeamish) elections to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Left Front councillors have bulldozed the civic authority to. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Seasonal rains fail again in East Africa] Reference
Or at least Moffett and I were standing: His botfly, a white maggot that had been implanted through a mosquito bite and had grown to three quarters of an inch in length, was apparently dead. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Google botfly and you will see this little pea thing X 100 12 minutes ago, -0/+1I picked up a bot fly larvae on my wrist in Belize, it wasn't nearly as painful as this woman exaggerated it to be. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
There may be two reasons for this: first, a fresh mushroom when crushed or pressed becomes a soft mucoid mass; the second could be an ancient connection between Fomes fomentarius and the fly agaric, which, if improperly prepared and then ingested, might lead to the same sort of frenzied, hyperactive behavior observed in botfly-infested animals. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 2] Reference
Anyone who has ever hunted squirrels know you don't hunt them until after the first frost so you don't get squirrels with warbles http://botfly.ifas.ufl.edu/abotfly/overview.htm. From Wordnik.com. ["We know how to talk about eatin' fried squirrel."] Reference
"Have you met my botfly?" he asked, grinning. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
I’m a botfly larvae. From Wordnik.com. [Writers: Are you a Face-hugger, a Grub, a Maggot, Godzilla, or What?] Reference
30 minutes ago, -0/+2This is like a botfly. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Together, our medical histories read like some tropical internist's dream set of case studies: leishmaniasis, malaria, dengue fever, amoebas, giardia, larva migrans, hookworm, roundworm, tarantula bites, assassin bug bites, tick bites by the dozen, mysterious fungal infections, and lots and lots of botfly larvae. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
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