Bot fly larva, aka Eskimo Candy, on the back of a caribou skin. Photo by Scott Hauge “Eskimo candy,” he bubbled, and popped it into his mouth. Bending down, he repeated the drill. Danny ate a ...

Narrator: For some bug babies, your body is home sweet home. Human botfly larvae, for example, burrow under your skin, forming a pus-filled pimple. Meanwhile, thousands of young Loa loa worms can ...

The larvae of botflies are parasites found in the flesh of mammals, often in the gut. Sometimes they arrive at the host by hitching a lift on a mosquito. When a mosquito feeds on you the botfly ...

A: It sounds like Gertie may have a Cuterebra larva in her skin. The best way to deal with it is to have her veterinarian remove it. Cuterebra (cute-ah-REE'-brah) is a botfly that resembles a ...