And sometimes they incubate bot flies in their own arms until the parasites burst out of their skin a la the movie "Alien." Bot flies have gained infamy in the age of YouTube, and for good ...

He recently allowed two human bot fly larvae to grow to maturity under his skin and documented the process in a short film. Last year we wrote about a scientist whose commitment to science ...

To get her babies to a food source, the female bot fly latches onto a blood-sucking ... When the mosquito lands on warm skin to feed, the botfly eggs hatch and the larvae dig their way in ...

It seems likely the castrating bot fly tale shares some level of kinship ... on fluids (not blood or muscle tissue) just beneath the skin without doing much damage to its host.

Then the bumps started moving. A doctor found five active bot fly larvae living beneath the skin atop Dallas’ head. “I’d put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood ...

A video of a woman having a bot fly larvae removed from her lip has gone viral on YouTube. According to the Inquisitr, the woman finally decided to visit the doctor after a swelling in her lip just ...

Female tumbu flies can lay their eggs on damp clothing or in soil, and if these eggs come into contact with a person's skin, they can burrow in, according to the report. Typically, larvae are ...