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Tags for this video have been changed from 'botfy, larva, skin, scalp, burrow' to 'botfly, larva, skin, scalp, burrow, maggot, parasite' - edited by lucky760

Hahah, what fun! I mean as long as I'm the one pulling the botfly out...

>> ^ForgedReality:
Are mango flies the same as bott flies? Because those look a lot like bott fly larvae.


From Wikipedia: Cordylobia anthropophaga, the mango fly, tumbu fly, putzi fly or skin maggot fly is a species of blow-fly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans) during its larval stage [1].C. anthropophaga has been endemic in the subtropics of Africa for more than 135 years and is a common cause of myiasis in humans in the region.[2]

Its specific epithet anthropophaga derives from the Greek word anthropophagus, "eater of men".

And then bott flies, from another source:

Bot flies (Order Diptera, Family Cuterebridae) are large, stout bodied, hairy flies that resemble bumblebees. The botfly egg is deposited by a mosquito or sometimes by another insect. The larva grows in the host's body until it is fairly large. The botfly larva can easily be killed by taking away its air supply -- by putting vaseline or similar on the skin where the lump is, but then you still have to extract the larva.

Very similar, but not the same, no.

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>> ^videosiftbannedme:
I won't watch this. I just don't see any entertainment value in it, but I suppose maybe some medical value. Of course, that won't stop me from dropping in and whoring my opinion out for an upvote.


It's more or less a how-to video of how to get rid of a botfly. Cover it in Vaseline/petroleum jelly to suffocate it and then yank it out when it rears its ugly head!

It's a botfly.

The url at the end had some interesting stuff: http://www.vexman.com/botfly.htm.


BLEAURRRRGH.

A relative of mine does entomology research in the rainforest each year, and he has a fun story about a botfly growing on the side of his leg.

Back in the States they just made a small incision and quickly removed the creature, instead of mucking around with vasaline and stuff, but I guess if its on your head its easier to do it the gross way they in this video.

There was a show that had a really awful case where some guy was alone and delusional from some tropical fever and had dozens of botflies burrowed into his skin. Absolutely disgusting!