First Aid Treatments : How to Remove a Bot Fly From Under the Skin

[Valkyrie081]

OMG...I can't believe someone has actually put this on here as a 'how to'...anyone who has any idea about bot fly's know that you don't get bitten by them, they're carried by mosquito's and then when you're bitten by one your body heat causes the larvae to hatch....and removal?? seriously, easiest and quickest is to smother it, apply petroleum jelly and cover the area, it'll burrow it's way up to try and get air, then pull it out gently. Don't take this guys advice, you'll cause more issues.

[utoobfan1971]

BITE from a botfly?? They don't usually BITE you. They lay their eggs on mosquitos, and then when the mosquito lands on you to sting you the eggs/larvae fall off and burrow into your skin. Plus, I've never seen a botfly SWIFTLY removed. It usually involves quite a bit of gentle tugging and pulling. I wouldn't try most of this guys advice.

[redead22]

One swift motion?!? You'll fucking rip it you retard! Your not helping!

[TheGallianthe]

Thank you Captain, this is good information!

[vickiormindyb]

That's really gross. Insects are disgusting.

[gordos39]

now i know  And Knowing Is Half The Battle!!

[dragonamt]

Besides what else has been mentioned, bot flys do not bite, they ,ay their eggs on a mosquito that transfers its eggs to your skin when the mosquito bites you.

[TheMattcain2]

who are you some human protector

[necrolet]

Ummmm, no. You do NOT want to attempt to pull out a botfly "in one swift motion" as if you BREAK the larva and pieces get left behind, you're likely to get a serious infection. Cover the hole with a LOT of petroleum jelly and tape for about 24 hours, and then GENTLY pull out the exposed larva with tweezers.

[TTarOtaku]

@necrolet I've heard that's the safest and most effective, if not the most pleasant, way to get a bot-fly maggot out of you. I think they have forward-curved spines though, don't they? I can imagine pulling one out must hurt like hell either way, especially if it's a big one.

[necrolet]

@TTarOtaku Yeah, probably. But the point of covering the whole is to make an airtight seal, so the maggot dies. That way, the spines won't grip and resist when you're pulling it out.

[TTarOtaku]

@necrolet I always though it was just to make them come out of the hole enough to be grabbed with tweezers, not to smother them XD.

Would it sound really gross and crazy if I said I would leave a bot-fly as long as it wasn't uncomfortable or a risk for infection? Yeah I'm strange I know lol.

[necrolet]

@TTarOtaku I know a few people who would probably do that, too. Thing it, depending on where it is, it IS incredibly likely to get infected, and is usually noticable. But if you leave it alone, it'll leave on its own when it's pretty much fully grown.

[hawkdogie]

i guess firemen have come along way from telling you to stop drop and roll and to change your smoke detector batteries. maybe he will do one on removing breast implants

[Tmoua805]

lol literate fail

[aysiandogg]

this guy reads cue cards like a 3rd grader.

[angel21ofheaven]

if you guys listened he didn't say they were in the us he said they were becoming a problem in the usa when people travel

[sickgrrl4prez]

this has got to be a joke....

[smeghead666]

"Expertvillage" Paying dickheads to give unfounded un proven and totally false "Expert Advice" on things they have no knowledge of...

It'd be funny if there weren't 15 yr old little twerps with a basic knowledge on Climbing (for example) talking about placing anchors and gear for abseils.

One of these days someone will follow the advice of retard village and get themselves seriously injured or worse.

The Expertvillage account should be fucking suspended

[samp987]

Apparently,this guy has never had any experience about how to properly remove bot fly larvae. Go to Belize or Costa Rica and get get bitten by one Capt. and I bet you ain't going to do nothing of the shit you are talking in this video.

[stellarblue51]

WTF? What State has sanctioned this ass to give "Official Info"  or wear the insignia of "Fireman"?

He is "Officially Fired"

[xanos4225]

where in the United States do we have botflies?

[nosleraccubond]

According to Youtube, in American heads!

[bassplaya1549]

@xanos4225 Well they are very rare, but have been spotted in the extreme southern states...but they are mainly found in central america

[yoursuchagoodguy]

Cpt Joe Bruni repeats himself

But Cpt Joe Bruni neglected to mention another very very effective way to remove the maggot or larvae of the common botfly

Apply a cotton ball soaked in napalm to the area of the maggot or larvae of the common botfly

then set it on fire in one swift motion

then when the maggot or larvae of the common botfly tries to come up for air and get the fuck out of there, it will experience a great deal of discomfort, itching, and pain. Unfortunately so will you.

Stay safe!

[sethmusic]

he just described all of the ways you're not supposed to remove a botfly....anyone who listens to this is gonna get an infection from a partial removal.......demote that man to liutenant

[shawbros]

"demote that man to liutenant"

janitor

[Carebear1323]

This video should just be called

"I am a dumbass, do not listen to me"

[rcaba002]

Not a botfly bite. Botflies use insects like mosquitoes to transport their eggs onto mammals such as humans.

[woeitsme]

his teleprompter is moving to slow

[munge69]

"After a bot fly bites, maggots or larvae may exist under the skin."

These people are fucking retarded.

Bot fly larvae don't get into your skin from bot fly bites, they get into your skin when the eggs that adult bot flies attach to other flying insects hatch from the warmth of your body when the insect lands on you. The larvae burrow into the flesh on their own.

I wouldn't follow this asshat's advice if you paid me.

[lilbrudder32]

I would thumbs-up your comment 100 times if youtube let me. This guy is no sort of botfly removal expert. "one swift motion" my fucking god... if you rupture the fly, that's bad news. Go slow, go careful. Get the whole thing out, not just the posterior!

[Carebear1323]

@munge69

I know right! I wouldn't remove the botfly in one swift motion, they have needle like things on thier body, and they aren't that easy to remove.

[supergr33n]

@XinVinnie are you a complete moron! You should NEVER at any time put bleach into an open wound nor Ammonia! Your comment about sulfuric acid makes me laugh the most. At high enough concentrates sulfuric acid would eat right through your flesh. Go refresh your self on some basic chemistry, then i suggest you go chug your self a 1/2 gallon of bleach to cure your self of those brain parasites your suffering from.

[XinVinnie]

pour a table spoon of bleach into the open wound every 45 minutes for at least 3 days. if the wound does not heal by then, use the same procedure writen above but use amonia instead.

[70PW]

You don't pour bleach into an open wound. You can start with washing the wound, then peroxide. Also a neosporin type antibacterial ointment. Eventually it will heal but there will probably be a scar. NO BLEACH!!

[XinVinnie]

sulfuric acid works too. that will kill 100% of all bacteria.

[tehWizArd7410]

lawls

[supergr33n]

Lol yeah go ahead pour sulfuric acid on yourself, Please take a video of it and post it cause i wanna see your flesh burn.

[XinVinnie]

if i ever have to remove a botfly from my flesh i will make a video and send it directly to you

[nolimitsstudios]

Amonia.... Are you kidding

[OZZYtheACE]

be carefull everyone doing this, best prefered to get it done profetionally. the best thing is put a bit of meat over the breathing hole in your skin they will burrow into the meat the meat. also when cutting off its air supply it is very painfull for you as the bot fly larvae will struggle and try to get out by litrally biting up your flesh lol... hope i helped anyone :)

[lilbrudder32]

A botfly comes out the same way it went in. Why would it give up it's natural food source (live dermis) for a substitute (raw dead meat) placed over it's anus? They back out when they're ready. They don't come out head first. Why on earth would you recommend someone put RAW MEAT on an OPEN WOUND? Search for 10 seconds, and you'll find the correct procedures for botfly removal. The guy in this video knows nothing of botfly hence why I call these guys Village Idiot instead of Expert Village.

[shawbros]

Amateur Village are experts at recruiting people that don't know what they're talking about.

[sliminem69deg]

Gauze & Tape + Time/Suffocation + Tweezers = Easy removal

[kourkoutas87]

actually the info in the video is slightly wrong. Using a ducktape you suffocate the botfly, to release its grip and so that you'll be able to pull/squeeze it out

[stfergus608]

has anyone watched this while poppin a botfly

[yungjsoclean4366]

good info

[maria39208]

what is a botfly?

[shade2514]

I heard that you can put vaseline over them to suffocate it and once it's dead you squeeze it out like toothpaste

[taigokai]

wats bot flys?

[robert5514]

they are like maggots that eat your flesh under your skin O_o kinda nasty

[taigokai]

ty dude

[AdobeExcel]

but if you stick the tape over the wound, how would you know when they're coming up?

[voodootattoo11]

I have personally had to remove two BIG botfly larvae from a guys back and the basics of this info are true. They breath trough the hole in the skin and the only way to get them close to the surface is to deny them air and they will move upwards to get air. I used a big glob of Vaseline for about an hour and then I was able to squeeze them out. Before the Vaseline, there was absolutely no way to shift them as they have a ring of barbs on them that keep them in there.

[derekbegins]

he's wrong.. using glue/duct tape?? lol.. =.= it stick onto the skin and whats more the chemical in the glue might enter our skin.. even thought the maggot die,the chemical in in the body forever

[jacleu27]

This is completely wrong and MrJoeyDrummer1 is correct. You don't duct tape or glue the hole in hopes the worm would stick to it (LOLOLOL). The reason for doing that is sealing off the hole so the worm can't breathe. Once it suffocates and dies, you could then extract the worm by pushing it out of the hole and pulling it out (preferably with a pair of sanitized tweezers).

[Deke101]

Agreed. This guy probably never even HEARD of a bot fly and was just reading a FAIL script. Stick to the glue or the tape... What a NOOB! Sticking duct tape to your skin near a wound is NEVER a good idea. The strong adhesive may pull skin from the wound and cause further injury. A better solution is to use a generous dab of petroleum jelly on the hole for a few hours. That will cause suffocation and lubricate the hole for larva removal.

ExpertVillage, my butt.

[kellogscornsnake]

duct tape ouch, id rahter let it come out by itself

[fyfytj]

No you wouldn't. They stay burrowed in your skin for over a month, slowly eating away at your flesh until they're ready to push themselves out. Trust me, the tape method is the best thing to do.

[DayDreamingAngel93]

Idk just treat it like a zit.. Make sure it's all out and put neo on it :) then smash tht maggot in revenge ! Mwahhahah

[Xaymaicana]

HELL YEA! spray it with bug spray, stab it, put it in bleach, run it over with my car, kick it, stab it again then throw it away.

[noahraymond24]

yeah and then it pops while inside you and you die of MIRSA

[Killa35367]

see they tell you how to get rid of it but what do you do after you take it out hell ive seen what it looks like that shit ant cute i mean like what do you put on neosporen what i mean is where do you go from there

[darthspeaks]

Hi, I am one of the village people... lol

[opmdevil]

Well, I wouldn't be doing any cutting like MusicKraze92 says. Duct tape will work, super clue will work, cotton ball with oil or paraphine will work, everything will work that will keep the larvae getting oxygen. Then just pull them out with tweezers or something.

[MrJoeyDrummer1]

This is SUCH bad advice. The duct tape isn't to pull it out, and the larvae doesnt "come up for air".

They breathe through thier back end through the hole in your skin and the duct tape is to make it so the larvae can't breathe.

[AFightingPanda]

yeah this is a really inaccurate video I wouldn't take this advice at all.

[informationseeker26]

a bite from the fly putts the maggots get under the skin?..that doesn't sound possible..i thought that the bot fly would land on your skin and then the larvae would drop out of the fly, or the fly would lay its eggs on the skins surface, then the larvae would burrow under the skin that way..lol.

[LucarioDusk]

i would imagine its like... well if youve seen futurearma ( or w/e ) its like how they implant the chip into your hand.. couldnt think of any more refs.. sorry =x

[steelsfx]

This video is incredibly irresponsible. As a firefighter/EMT, I can tell you that in no way are we trained to deal with exotic parasites. If you happen to have a bot fly larva living in you, seek professional medical help.

[earpie909090]

WTF A bite? Are you serious?? Study your shit before you make an inaccurate video retard...

[typacsk]

I feel a bit cheated that he didn't demonstrate on someone else.

[MusicKrazed92]

t00mey93 that's why sometimes you don't use duck tape but rather use scotch tape, that way you can see through it also scotch tape doesn't leave as much sticky residue as scotch tape. or use nail polish. honestly it's easy enough to just clean around the infected site, and get a knife, just break the skin enough to where you could squeeze it out like you would a pimple.

[noahraymond24]

The duct tape is AIR TIGHT that's why they use it and trust me you can feel it when those things start to move around.  As for breaking the skin and squeezing it out this wouldn't work either because if the larva were to burst you would be fucked. Have fun with your MIRSA.

[kathymentzel]

he talks.. really slow... like the guy.... on malcom... in the.... middle.... wow

[katey1dog]

Don't...  Be... So... Judgemental.

Phew...

[kathymentzel]

lol

[sammyland805]

c9ari. i dont know how long it takes them to come up for air. i havent seen it mentioned anywhere. my friend had one when he was doing a training course for the forces and i he cant remember how long it took either. but if you put vaseline on it you should be able to see it coming out. cant miss it lol

[YOMYPEEPZ555]

hey guys... do u think i can remove them when they come up for air?? XD lol i crack me up

[sammyland805]

ok dont ever ask thid fool for help. that was all wrong.if you kill the bot fly or even damage it you risk infection. let it get big enough and then put vasoline over it so when it comes out for air you can slowly pull it out. SIMPLES!

[c9ari]

How long does it take from the time you put the vasoline on it does it take for them to come up for air?

[trueleroix]

This guy got pretty much everything wrong. Other people's comments below spell out the details.

[t00mey93]

How would u know when to take off the ducktape? Its not like you feel when its coming up and u cant see through ducktape right?

[llcoolben1984]

obviously you keep checking, the first time it comes for air it will get stuck, and stay stuck untill you take off the duck tape

[okok103]

o crap im scared!!!!!

[Eruscool]

wow...this guy is a joke. bad advice all around. first of all you can't just pull one out "when it comes up for air". the most common method of getting rid of them isto apply duct tape to the area ..but not to yank them out, but to suffocate them. by placing the duct tape over the area you cut their air supply which kills them..only then you can try removing it with some tweezers...carefully.

[Atosie]

arent the eggs of the botfly put under the skin by musquitos ?

[bigg132]

no by normal house flys

[JJPasadena]

bot flys don't lay the eggs under your skin when they bite you. hell i don't even think bot flys bite us. bot flys attach their eggs to mosquitoes with some kind of weird bio-glue, when the mosquito lands on a warm blooded creature, the "glue" melts and the eggs stick to the new host. once those eggs hatch, the larvae burrow their way into the flesh and yadda yadda yadda...

[poacherboy2]

you could put a raw steak over the area for a while and when the larva comes to the surface it will have to go through the steak and then you've caught the larva

[Udilator]

why waste a steak =)

[PHIXTup]

Spray DDT

[danramwic]

secondary effects: blindness, baldness, loss of hair & penis

[PHIXTup]

primary effects malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, Japanese B Encephalitis, Filariasis, Lyme Disease, Leishmaniasis, Sleeping Sickness, Chagas Disease, Typhus Fever, Plague.

Not to mention ddt is not supposed to be ingested by humans. Don't go into areas for 24 hours where they spray. And don't let your neighbor breed mosquitoes in your low income area. Fucking liberals just don't get it and want to go back to the stone age

[kellogscornsnake]

um it can get into foodchains, and make egg shells realy weak, the fastest animal on earth was almost whiped out by it. plus lots of animals need to eat mosquitos. some people have evolved sick cell to resist the deases

surley mosquito nets, encourage preditors of mosquitosand imunisation would be more cost etceffictive?

[HugeFarkinMess]

ladskflksadflkj sdlakfjlaskdfjl;akjdf

[dogdemon62]

Um.

Who's gonna put super glue on them selves anyway? :o

I'm not sure. I just know I wouldn't. I also heard that putting duct tape is a bad idea because it could rip the botfly in half.

[Alterna123]

oo glue is the best way to get out splinters

[daytonpaul]

And super good it great for them anoying cuts that are open a little and hurts when it rubs stuff mainly on the finger.Super glue closes any cut fast I mean it does say bonds skin instantly

[obdami]

How do you get a botfly maggot out of your ass?  I held a mirror up to look at it and it sort of looked like the video Captain's face, except he had more hair around his butthole.

[SkelingtonScott]

i would seek help from a family member or even a doctor just for the helpings ;D

[obdami]

Are you that weirdo that's going around on YouTube threatening to stuff lutefisk up people's butts? You are one sick fuck.

[SkelingtonScott]

you were curious i olny answered :/

[obdami]

You look like one of the guys from the Village People.

[hearts2spooge]

"expert" village people.. haha

[ms381]

Cheers Captain! Now get on with ur real job someones house in on fire now!

[borobengal]

he looked soooo serious lol

[blindreaper21]

he is a badass... lol

[DOGMA4SHIT]

Uses by humans

In cold climates supporting reindeer or caribou-reliant populations, large quantities of Oedomagena tarandi ("warble fly") maggots are available to human populations during the butchery of animals. These are relished in modern times by some as important seasonal luxuries containing high levels of protein, fats and salt. Copious art dating back to the Pleistocene in Europe confirms their importance in premodern times as well

[aledarksun]

omg...but i can't understand one thing....where the f**k u can "get" a botfly???in africa????do u all live in africa???here in europe...never heard about.."botflies under the skin"..omg....it's sounds....dirt

[Mesquissto]

im pretty sure there are botflys in all parts of africa and the middle east. alot of people get them while visiting down there or with the army and don't figure out what it is until they get home

[mark871162]

its captain JOE everybody LOL

[emychristianson]

mahahaha

[zocurtis]

Why are all expert village videos dull?

[shahfaridkhan]

or better yet,use petroleum jelly(vaselin) and just cover the area and wait for the sucker to come up then pull it out and teach it a lesson!!!

[Taihofai]

using super glue just sticks to your skin.. trapping the larvae inside you forever.. though it suffocates.. the larvae is still alive in you...

[turkeyes1]

Oh that is a fantastic thought

[Taihofai]

the video said use super glue. i say its bad. which one would you prefer.. putting super glue on your skin or duct tape?

[zocurtis]

You're right about the glue... it defeats that purpose.

[GemsOrpahdeRosas]

it sais there, the maggots needs air, so it will come up and stick onto the glue. you shoul right away remove the glue. thats a nice idea though.

[Taihofai]

Have you ever put super glue on your skin? have you realized how hard it sticks on to your skin and i would REALLY rather take the maggot off me on a duct tape rather than a small tiny tiny blotch of dry glue with the maggot still wriggling and wirthing 2mm near your fingertips

[GemsOrpahdeRosas]

o-i-c, i didn't hear SUPER glue, well i think just use some twizzers..

[turkeyes1]

OK even if you do get it removed isnt there still going to be like a hole where it came out of?

[vietgangz]

yeah that is the basic of matter

[ayayay111]

w00t is that fritzl? ^_^

[ChrisArlingtonVA]

This dude is famous actor. He played a cop in "Sperminator II: Fudgement Day".

[mzhy]

The larvae does not come from a botfly bite but rather from other flies or mosquito bite because the botfly eggs are implanted from the botfly.

[sacredrage]

Put Vaseline over the botfly sore and it will crawl out on its own as it needs air.

Using tweezers risks breaking the maggot off in the skin and making a bad problem worse.

[Cooterrob]

Tweezers and squeezing around it is the best way... I've had one and removed one.

[CINEGroupEast]

If you have ever had a botfly you know that Duct tape does not stick to them. You also know you don't just remove it from your skin with one swift movement. Bad video. Bad medical advice. Stick to fighting fires. This should be removed as a video.

[fboybcb]

nice info about it! Hope i don't need to experience it or see one in person~

[greenmeansgo44]

Ummm, the bot fly doesn't bite, it lays its eggs on mosquito legs which bites the human and the eggs fall off and burrow into the bite.

Sooooo do your research next time.

kay thanks.

[Imhornydadcomeinside]

You're right, he doesn't know what he's talking about, the larvae bites, not the fly.