Bot Flies
(Family Oestridae)

Updated June 21, 2000

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Rabbit Bot Fly Adult

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)

Rabbit Bot Fly Larva
Courtesy of Shari Nelsen, Lincoln

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)

Mouse with Rodent Bot Larva

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)

Rodent Bot Larva

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)

Human Bot Fly
("Torsalo") Wound

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)

Human Bot Fly Larva
Extracted from Wound

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)