Rather, it appears to show a type of botfly called Cuterebra ruficrus. The video has been online for at least a year. While it has been posted dozens of times on Twitter, TikTok, Facebook ...

Question: What is a cuterebra fly? Zack: A fly in the genus cuterebra is more commonly referred to as a botfly. These are flies, the maggots of which cause a symptom known as myiasis. Myiasis is ...

He said it was a cuterebra and we were lucky we didn't try to pull it out ourselves. The cat is fine and the sore is healing. Can you tell us more about the bug and warn people about it?

Here it is again, cuterebra (cute-a-ree-bra) season. This is the time of year when my personal favorite clinical entity rears its not-so-cute little head on dogs and cats and rabbits around town ...

The video shows a type of botfly, Cuterebra ruficus, experts told USA TODAY. The military is developing insect-sized drones, but they're not pictured in this Facebook post.

The NHS posted video online Wednesday showing veterinarians pulling a massive cuterebra from the nose of an infected stray cat that was struggling to breathe. The cuterebra is a fly parasite that ...

The team at Noah's Ark Animal clinic in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, realised the tiny tabby kitten had been infected by cuterebra, or botfly, larvae. Doctor Matt McGlasson placed the kitten under ...

An ongoing study of the cause of death of howler monkeys on Barro Colorado has identified the howler monkey bot fly Cuterebra baeri as the single most important factor. Very young monkeys are the ...