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Ever see a bot fly larve in a squirrel. Until this year, I had never seen one...evidently these things "drop off" in the fall but up close they are freakish.

there wasa a hole in the back of the squirrel that I was looking at and this small "worm" would pop it's head out, then slide back in....think aliens but the squirrel just keeps living and not really paying any attention to the thing.



Bot fly

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I thought Bot flies lived in the jungles over in asia?

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Maybe they do but they also live in the US...in droves. Very bad for horses.

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I found a jackrabbit curled up on the ground once. It was still alive, but appeared near death. It had a bot fly larva in it's head. The scene really gave me the creeps. I put the jack out of his misery and killed the larva in one swift stomp to the head.

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I saw one in a cottontail that my friends dog came home with. It actually had like 3 in it. They were all about the size of my thumb and quite disgusting.........[:'(]

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never knew we had them here ive only seen them on tv I even saw some guy on the discovery channel i believe who got one in him over in asia or something and he let it live in him till i believe the pain became unbarrable or something I cant really remember but doctors had to remove it surgicly(sp?) i think it was on his stomach but it was pretty big and he was a very very wierd guy he named it george and he totes it around in a jar now

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you guys think that gross seeing these fly's in wild animals. about 6 years ago my rat terrier(sp?) got one in her neck, we took her to the vet and that cut it out and she had a hole the size of a golf ball in her neck. the cool thing is though is it left no scar and you can't even tell she ever had one in her neck

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Here in Alabama I've always heard them called "wolves",don't know or have I ever heard the technical name for them.Ol' timers say they leave at the first frost and thats always been they case for me.If they get in a dog you pour a little turpintine on itand it will cure it right up in a day or two,of course it burns the dog a little at the time.I've seen them in early season squirrels and rabbits before a frost,but after a frost they leave or drop out for some reason.

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thos sound nasty nasty nasty,,,you got a pic of what one looks like?

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the turpentine actually suffocates the fly they also say you can out a raw steak on it and the bot fly will move into it or fingernail polish will also help suffocate it

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thats the larva above heres a human bot fly extracted from a wound

and heres an adult

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That guy was my zoology professor. Or else he stole that story.

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Im not sure what the guys name was but i still see parts and pieces on the discovery channel every once in awhile its been awhile since ive really paid attention to it though

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thanks for the pics,,,thats nasty.
hope i dont ever see one of them.

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they get pretty big too The guy I saw on tv said his was about the size of a large almond and it looked about that size to but when I got them pictures they also had some of "lumpy" squirels who were covered in them and they looked like mutants or something they were really nasty

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are you guys talking bout warvils/weevles/wolvs what ever you may call them. I seen them in a rabbit once, had it hanging up pullthe skin down aroun its neck and 2 fell out, big holes in its neck, i gaged pretty rough seein that =/

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these are called bot flies I posted pictures farther up but there about the size of an almond im not sure about the weevel things your talking about though

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eeeeeeewwwwwwww!!!!!!!!![:'(][:'(][:'(]

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Those things taste fine. Just adds some flavor.

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found one in the chest cavity of a deer I killed last year. It had come into the chest cavity from the nasal passage when I was hosing it out. it freaked me out a bit. I butchered the thing but wasn't sure I would eat it till I did some research and found out what they are. They lay eggs on the deers nose, deer licks its nose and the larva make their way into the nasal passage. the pupus grows there and then drops out/gets sneezed out and the fly hatches. creepy damned things. And the meat was still tasty.

David

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There are some strage creatures on this earth that is for sure.That is one I don't wanna see.

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I always heard them called Wobbles they come out after the first frost

Thats when I go squirrel hunting after they fall out.

You learn something every day

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I haven't seen one on the rat tails or rabbits out here but i'll be sure to look more carefully when i go bow hunting next time.

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Don't tell my wife and kids about this they will never eat deer again!

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Where in the US are the things primarily found at? I dont recollect ever seeing them around here, and I'm glad I haven't cause the wife would freak out.

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from what I read there pretty well spread out and occur everywhere I guess maby they just show up more often in some places because ive never seen one either and hope I never do. But my dad has a squirrel in his back yard that I suspect may have one?

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just a parisite , only in hot weather.when I was a kid ,they called them wolves.
I always heard if you see a cow running with it's tail held out stright or up high , it was trying to get away from the fly.the fly lays an egg in a small wound and the wolf starts to grow till grown and falls out to become another fly and the cycle starts all over again.
nature has many wonders.

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They've always been called wolves around here as well. The other day when I was bowhunting, I had a squirrel with one get several inches in front of me. Really freaky when you see those things up close and personal.

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I'm gonna sleep well tonight....NOT!