Larvae Infests Man's Head

[Lynne]

Doctors thought that the bleeding bumps on Mr. Dallas' head might be shingles or gnat bites...until they started moving.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bug_in_head

There is a video if you have the stomach for it (where bot fly larvae are being extracted).

The story has a sappy ending though. Mr. Dallas' wife say, "I will stay with you through your maggots." Brings a tear to my eye.

Gross.

 

[grydth]

Lynne, thanks for posting this. I think if people knew more about what is loose in nature around the world, science fiction writers would have to work much harder to scare us.

 

[MA-Caver]

I saw this earlier... thought to myself. Hmm, almost like that earwig urban legend, (scratches head) but how did the flies manage to bite/lay their eggs in the guy's head without him feeling any pain? (scratches head) Must've been drunk at the time. (scratches head)

 

[Rich Parsons]

From A mosquito bite in Belize and common to be found in Central and South America.

 

[Jade Tigress]

Ugh. I could barely read the post much less have the stomach for the video. I'm grossed out at the mere thought of that.

 

[theletch1]

Yeah, saw something like this several years ago on the history or discovery channel or some such about a guy that survived a plane crash in the amazon and had to find his way to civilization. At some point he managed to get bitten by a certain type of fly, the fly layed eggs and when the eggs went larval they began eating him from the inside out. Nasty critters in the world, ain't it?

 

[Blindside]

That happened to a friend of mine in Costa Rica, she thought it was a pimple, until the maggot came out. It isn't a mosquito that transmitted it though, even though the locals call it a "zancudo," this is a bot fly, a completely different family of insect.

Incidentally, I have found bot fly larvae that are about an inch long and a half an inch wide (things look like little footballs) on mice I have trapped in the United States. That would be the equivelent of you or I having a living medicine ball moving around under our skins. Freaked me out the first time I saw that.

Lamont

 

[lkblair]

Anyone else having flashbacks to "The Wrath of Khan"? Nasty.

Lisa

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Yeah, saw something like this several years ago on the history or discovery channel or some such about a guy that survived a plane crash in the amazon and had to find his way to civilization. At some point he managed to get bitten by a certain type of fly, the fly layed eggs and when the eggs went larval they began eating him from the inside out. Nasty critters in the world, ain't it?

I saw this to and have the same thoughts as you! Nasty critters!

 

[Jade Tigress]

****ing lovely isn't it? Horses get bot flies. Have to comb for them all the time. Gross.

 

[Lynne]

I saw this earlier... thought to myself. Hmm, almost like that earwig urban legend, (scratches head) but how did the flies manage to bite/lay their eggs in the guy's head without him feeling any pain? (scratches head) Must've been drunk at the time. (scratches head)

He was scratching his head a lot, like yourself

That's the wrong video for the lovely extractions - sorry about that, folks.

 

[MA-Caver]

He was scratching his head a lot, like yourself

yeah (scratches) I know (scratch-scratch) that... so kinda (scratches) makes me wonder... (scratch scratch *dang-it* scratch) ...

 

[grydth]

yeah (scratches) I know (scratch-scratch) that... so kinda (scratches) makes me wonder... (scratch scratch *dang-it* scratch) ...

Try the new RAID Shampoo, now with aloe and conditioner....

 

[thetruth]

There are heaps of bot fly clips on youtube. They certainly are disgusting

Cheers
Sam:asian:

 

[Edmund BlackAdder]

*Makes note* Do not visit South America without first applying ArmourAll to bum.

Yuk. That is all I can say here. :barf:

 

[Touch Of Death]

Ugh. I could barely read the post much less have the stomach for the video. I'm grossed out at the mere thought of that.

Yeah, I'm outa this one.
sean

 

[Cirdan]

Probably the yuckiest bug in the world... except for that species that likes to put similar eggs in the fleshy walls of your nostrils.

 

[Lynne]

Probably the yuckiest bug in the world... except for that species that likes to put similar eggs in the fleshy walls of your nostrils.

What kind of bug is that????

 

[Cirdan]

What kind of bug is that????

It is a close relative to the bot fly that likes to put larvae up the noses of reindeer. However i don`t think this species attack humans.

 

[Lynne]

It is a close relative to the bot fly that likes to put larvae up the noses of reindeer. However i don`t think this species attack humans.

So that's why Santa Claus has a long white beard...