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 ...

Brant County SPCA is appealing for help as it desperately tries to save a puppy fighting for her life. “Earlier today ...

Cuterebra (cute-ah-REE'-brah) is a botfly that resembles a bumblebee but doesn't sting. This fly parasitizes rodents and rabbits by laying eggs near their nests, usually during the summer and fall.

Botflies use live animals like squirrels and rabbits to grow—learn how they get inside and what makes them burst back out.

Harold George Scott, Human Myiasis in North America (1952-1962 Inclusive), The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Dec., 1964), pp. 255-261 ...

Dr. Bowman teaches veterinary parasitology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Dr. Bowman has written and edited four textbooks on the parasites of domestic animals.