An entomologist at Harvard University has decided to let bot fly larvae grow inside his own skin and filmed the process by which the maggots crawled out of his skin two months later. It's not ...

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Sometimes entomologists get up close and personal with the bugs they study. And sometimes they incubate bot flies in their own arms until the parasites burst out of their skin a la the movie "Alien." ...

Entomologist and wildlife photographer Piotr Naskrecki is not squeamish. He recently allowed two human bot fly larvae to grow to maturity under his skin and documented the process in a short film.

The parasite’s scientific name is Cuterebra emasculator, which, from its Latin roots, translates as skin-boring testicle remover. In 1856 Asa Fitch (the nation’s first professional entomologist) ...

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CARBONDALE, Colo. — Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas’ head might be from gnat bites or shingles. The bumps then started moving. A doctor found five active bot fly larvae ...

KISSIMMEE – If you have been wondering why some squirrels seem to be behaving strangely of late, you are not alone, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The squirrels in ...

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