Bovine hypodermosis, commonly known as warble fly infestation, is a parasitic disease affecting cattle, caused by the larvae of flies from the genus Hypoderma. These larvae develop under the skin ...

Snot bots', as they are affectionately known, are the culprits. These are flies of the genus Cephenemyia. The reindeer warble fly (Hypoderma tarandi) is also guilty of infesting cervids. As an adult, ...