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Someone vandalized the content so i tried to clean it up. Could someone check the content for inaccuracies? (author?) -Xorp21-

I added a link to a (IMHO) very interesting and informative site about the human botfly: http://www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/botfly.html - maybe someone could give it a shot to give it a better title. -anonymous

So what isthe fastest flying insect now? --nocturnal omnivorous canine 12:43, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is really cool footage of an infected human: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2007/01/nasty-bot-fly.html

That file no longer functions. Get a 404 Error: File Not Found. 65.163.117.163 (talk) 05:05, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And how fast does it fly? That seems important given the information about speed. --Absolute Zerr--

so i was watching that botfly video that has been lurking around - apparently it seems that botflies need oxygen to grow. the guy duct taped his back to prevent oxygen from getting to the larve, and so that makes the larve come to a head, just like a pimple about to pop. if there is any truth to this, which i assume is true since in the video the larve was at a head, then maybe it might be good info to include somewhere, in case someone does get this nasty botfly larve in them. --72.209.153.126 02:35, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In cattle, the lesions caused by these flies can become infected by a bacteria that causes lechiguana, characterized by rapid growing, hard lumps beneath the skin of the animal. Without antibiotics an affected animal will die within 3–11 months.[3][4]

This isnt limited to the botfly and information like this is detrimental to the article because any lesion caused by any insect has the potential to cause infection, this piece isnt specific to the botfly. --65.191.182.74 (talk) 16:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can we find any sources for the assertion that bot flies are present in Surrey, UK? It seems strange for them to be so localised here given that they affect entire countries in warmer parts of the world. Brammers (talk) 10:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I've picked back through the history and it was added during this edit by an IP which has only made two edits, both to the botfly article. It's unsourced and seems unlikely to be true (in my opinion) but do I assume good faith and leave it there? Brammers (talk) 10:25, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removed it. Brammers (talk) 11:02, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]