Larvae of the nit fly emerge directly from the egg case into the lips of the horse when he bites himself; other species hatch directly and larvae migrate unassisted to the mouth.

Most internal parasites of horses are worms, but bots are the larvae of a fly that needs a horse to complete its life cycle. This parasite spends most of its life fastened to the inside of the ...

A video of a botfly larvae being extracted from a kitten's nostril has been watched more than 12 million times. Horrifying videos have emerged on TikTok recently showing removal of the parasites ...

Fortunately, doctors were able to remove the larvae manually using forceps. They were later identified as being larvae from the species Oestrus ovis, otherwise known as the sheep bot fly.

A bot fly larvae seen under a microscope (Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Doctors had to used forceps to physically remove more than a dozen fly larvae from a man’s eye. The 53-year-old ...

The horse bot fly, for instance, is a dangerous pest whose larvae infest the stomach of a horse. The creatures attach to the stomach lining with hooked mouthparts until they eventually pass ...

Doctors remove three live 2cm long botflies from 32-year-old American woman's eye, back and neck after she felt something moving inside her eyelid following a trip to the Amazon ...

Doctors fish out more than a dozen tiny maggots from man’s eye Here's what happens when sheep bot fly larvae sink their mouth hooks into your eyeball.

A WARNING has been issued over painful horse fly bites as their most prominent season takes hold. Pest control specialists Rentokil have urged the public to familiarise themselves with how the bit… ...

Fall brings cooler days, turning leaves and the arrival of bot flies. Beyond being unsightly and annoying, these tiny hitchhikers can pose a real health threat to your horse. Desirai Schild has ...

She was on one such trek with friends to Ras Al Khaimah on March 14 when she ended up with live larvae of the Bot fly in her eye.