Nota bene: This week’s creature is a spine-covered parasitic larva that burrows into living human beings, feeding on their flesh and growing positively plump. Some descriptions here might be hard to ...

We used data collected from 1979 to 1998 at Powdermill Biological Station in southwestern Pennsylvania to explore the relationship between Cuterebra (botfly) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus ...

Watching this horrifying video clip of a botfly emerging from a dead rodent’s body may put you off them for life! But if you ...

This article was taken from the November 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

(CBS) Ever wonder about all the random terrible things that could happen to you? Have your body invaded by a botfly. Botflies aren't easily confused with common houseflies - they're hairy and about ...

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The deer botfly (Cephenomyia pratti Hunter) is a small, blunt-headed insect which sprays its eggs into the nostrils and throats of deer, scattering them like tiny bombs while on the wing. In ...

The larva of the human botfly (though not the one Florida doctors found under a newlywed’s skin) in the third and final stage of development that it takes inside a mammal’s body, according to ...

A 36-year-old Florida woman returned from a short trip to Belize with a stomach-churning souvenir: A fly larva burrowed underneath the surface of her skin. The woman's story was detailed in a report ...

At long last, Botfly have release the follow-up to 2018's Dark Days. Following similar influences as their debut record, Lower Than Love sees a matured hardcore band tackle topics of depression, loss ...

You think you’ve seen it all as a hunter. Gut-shot messes, engorged-tick infestations, predator-shredded carcasses. You’ve been elbows-deep in a chest cavity, severing a windpipe while pink foam oozes ...