That's a problem, these flies must find a hookup and a reindeer nose to reproduce. No worries: Adult snot bot fly antennae react ... Reindeer Warble Fly–associated Human Myiasis, Scandinavia.

Elizabeth Lopatto is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior ... announced that they had incubated parasitic bot flies under their skin. On purpose. The bot fly is a relatively ...

It may look like a bumble bee but really it is an elk bot fly ... like a hairy fly or a bumble bee. After mating the female looks for an appropriate host for her offspring. This is usually elks or ...

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.

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.

While the flies target the nose, in some cases, the larvae can accidentally enter the eye socket of the animal. Rarely, sheep bot fly larvae can enter the eye sockets of humans—as was the case ...

And it turns out that the tiny flies have a direct pathway from nose to brain made just to detect that smell — and avoid the toxic microbes that produce it. When Bill Hansson, a professor at the Max ...