Bot flies can be found throughout the region

Today's Bug of the Week is one of the nastiest critters in the region. Bill van den Bold snapped a picture earlier this year ...
WTEN

Botfly found in eye of NEWS10 ABC reporter’s dog

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Ticks are not the only critters we have to worry about crawling around on our animals, botflies are not good either! For the last two weeks, Fiona, Sam DiMascio’s seven ...
Monsters and Critics

Rabbit has botfly larvae under skin on Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet

This week on Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet, a dog is rushed in for emergency surgery and a rabbit has some Bot Fly larvae growing inside it. Some growths on the neck of a family pet have ruptured and ...
The News-Messenger

Baker: The myths of the bot fly and battling squirrels

The parasite’s scientific name is Cuterebra emasculator, which, from its Latin roots, translates as skin-boring testicle remover. In 1856 Asa Fitch (the nation’s first professional entomologist) ...