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is a insect that better known for it’s larvae than as a bug. Amongst the 150 or so different species of Botfly there is one that can make a home in humans. Imagine living with these maggots moving around and growing in your skin. (Semi-Graphic pictures & Video)
The botfly is spread mostly through mosquitos but occasionaly they can be airborne on their own, like what happened in the last photo. Don’t worry too much, these things are mostly found in sub-tropical environments like South & Central American countries.
The Bot Fly Video:
Yup, that is exactly what that is…. it’s a bot fly infestation in some woman’s breast.
Bot fly popping up from a childs midsection.
Bot Fly in the head!
What this person thought was just dust flying into the eye was actually a bot fly egg.
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I have been a victim of this parasite. I had it on my back and my son had one on his thigh after visiting Belize in Central America. In Belize it is know as “Beef Worm”.
The doctor in Orlando, Florida, who saw him three times, refused to listen to our expalnation of the botfly even after seeing movement inside the boil. Needless to say, upon our insistence, he place a tweezer into the hole and took it out. His eyes were wide open in astonishment. He even borrowed the larva from us to show his staff and other medical professionals.
Other members in my family have had them in their head and on the leg.
Seeing these images of the eye freaks me out. I think that this is something people in the medical profession should know about.
Now, I always thought that there was only one fly that did this and it was called the “Bot Fly”.
Thanks,
E C Dyer
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My face was infested with magots for 2 months. I had a fever for a week until I took antibiotics. antibiotics did not kill magots. I killed them with rock salt., but it hurt like hell. They jumped out of my face twisting and turning.
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I was born in Belize, in Central America, and lived there for more than 20 years. I never had a botfly larva in me, never. Nor did any of my friends, to the best of my knowledge.
However, just about every pet dog we ever had has had “BeefWorm” (local name for botfly larvae) at one time or another. We used to buy cigarettes (non-smoking family), open the cigarettes, and stuff the openings in the dog(s) with tobacco in an effort to get the critters out. It was moderately effective in coaxing them to the surface. We then squeezed or pulled them out.
I’ve since read that covering the opening in the skin with a thick layer of Vaseline® petroleum jelly for 24hrs should work wonderfully. They need air (that’s why the larva keeps the wound open), and when starved of air, will come to the surface and try to reach air. With a good, thick layer of petroleum jelly, the larva will be half-way out of the skin before it can reach air.
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I just got back to canada and have two bot flys in my pussy lips and don’t know what to do, it’s to embarrassing to go to the doctor…. any ideas ???????
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Rachelle Reply:
September 19th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Sick!!! Go to your Dr. ASAP :/
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matt Reply:
October 19th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
venessa can you send meɜ pic.S of your bot fly infested pussy lips?
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vanessa button Reply:
December 19th, 2010 at 7:14 am
yes you can,email me at vanessabutton81@live.ca
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Ytz Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 1:08 am
is the problem over, hope you went to the doctor
vanessa button Reply:
November 12th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
no i never went yet.
cfrgyh Reply:
December 11th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
No man is going to want have sex with you again.Yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’ve just found this. Late last year the same thing happened to me as happened to Vanessa. It took me a week to realise what had happened.
On my last day of my holiday, I was preparing for a long flight, and I decided to wash my underwear in the hand basin, I put my panties on the back of a chair in the sun on the terrace to dry. Only at the last minute did I decided to change my underwear.
I never realised my damp underwear had been visited by a bot fly.
It was a few days after when I began to feel the effects. I didn’t know what to make of the small boils that appeared between my legs, I just thought it was some kind of heat rash.
Things went from bad to worse, I felt quite sick for a couple of day, and I had awful pain.
It was very embarrassing, but I then went to see my Doctor. They gave me antiseptic cream and antibiotics. That eased things up for a week or so, but then it got really bad again.
Fortunately for me, a nurse who had spent time in Africa assisted the Doctor when I went back again, and recongnised what was going on. They used Vasoline to get them to pop out and they were then able to remove all five of them.
It’s something I’ll never forget.
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vanessa button Reply:
September 18th, 2010 at 10:26 am
i just ended up letting mine hack and turn to flys,it hurt like crazy, but in a weird way it was like giveing birth………….lol
i know,i’m weird.
xox
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JT Reply:
January 23rd, 2012 at 9:59 am
You’re not weird, you are a very sick, sick liar!
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I have bot parasites but they look different.
3 have blown out my nose. 5/8 of an inch long. Round head taperig to a point at back. Clear thick liquid inside. I spit up the stuff each morning. big black spot on rounded head.
Saw it on a website months ago but none since and can’t finhd that website. They said they come from horses. The horse bots have ridges, mine do not.
Have taken 2 health parasite cleanses and 2 30-day prescriptions. Still have them. Wake up with nose full of stuff and spitinhg the thick mucous.
ound a websi ha said they do not like garlic so eat garlic laced aocados almost daily which have helped.
At 83 years young I am getting steadiy weaker. No one seems to know what they are. I have blown 3 of them out of my nose several months apart.Can you help me?
PS raising horses across street now white ones.
Excuse typos I hae arthritis in fingers.
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people which the Fuck? all the more reason not to visit south america
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Beverly, you probably have an infestion in your sinsus cavities. Go to Otolaryngologist (ear,nose,throat doctor) and take the larve you’ve expelled. I’m a nurse and we’ve seen this kind of thing before but it is rare. The dr will flush your sinuses very thoroughly and put you on a course of invermectin & a mild antibiotic for about 10 days. The sinuses are a dangerous place to have a parasite. Please go to doctor asap.
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Just a follow up from my earlier post.
My bf confessed that he took a pic of the beasties, while I was asleep.
It’s not a pretty sight, but it shows the boils at about 8 days growth. The boils grew to a bit over twice the size, and the maggots to about 12 mm before they were extracted.
WARNING, graphic content: http://www.picpaste.com/Katie-bot-Vs8gumqi.jpg
Katie.
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Omg Katie, ur brave 2post that online but im disgusted more at the video on this site! Never experienced anything like this, not even something as small as a tick but none the less, omg!!!!!
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i have a few pics of mine
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i. the grossest one is the one in the EYE!
2. wouldnt you think it would prefer to go in the already-open-hole “space” than to go to all the trouble of Making a hole? I dont know, maybe they’re just hard workers. And you got balls Katie West! I mean ..you have worm thingies Katie. (joke)
But really I do hope you didn’t use your Real Name, just for your own sake and for your privacy and all.
South America: Not the best spring break location.
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Botflys keep the hole from closing not just by their teeth but by killing the flesh around it. When they around pulled out, they tend to release toxins into their host. It wouldn’t kill a human but a small animal in the right place like a cat near an organ might be endangered.
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