BENGALURU: A live botfly larva was surgically removed from a woman’s scalp by doctors at a city hospital a few days ago. The 26-year-old woman, who works for a wildlife conservation NGO, approached ...

Under your skin, a parasite could be eating you alive until it develops into this horrifying insect, the botfly. So what would happen if botflies infested your body? How would the larvae eat you alive ...

Botflies are are a family of winged insects known for gestating their larvae inside the bodies of mammals like horses, deer, and the occasional human. Like most flies, botflies live incredibly short ...

Watching this horrifying video clip of a botfly emerging from a dead rodent’s body may put you off them for life! But if you can see past the horror of the footage, there is plenty about this insect ...