Botfly larva removed from my dog Eleanor

After squeezing a large lump in Eleanor's skin, this white grub emerged. And I'd been planning on making myself a sandwich.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• botfly
• dog
• New
• York

[Solemntears]

bet you are glad you didn't eat the sandwhich before. . . . . .

[EvilGrannyForLife]

eleanor is my sister's name too!!!

im glad it has been removed from the poor dog:)

[ronaldli5]

fucking parasites dont derserve to live. the name speaks for itself.

[alloutoftime]

I saw a documentary once that showed people in Africa eating these "grubs".

[puglife1821]

Facts sometimes are stranger than fiction....

Bot flies don't lay eggs on the target host directly. This is because adult female bot flies are several times larger than common flies and would risk detection/injury by the host. Surprisingly, they capture a smaller flying insect, like a common fly or mosquito, mid-flight and lay their eggs on it with a special glue substance that only melts when the smaller insect lands on a larger mammal host.

[bibi14930]

plz just stomp and squish that ugly thing dead!!!!!!

[PrettyTigerlilly]

COOL!

[Van80crimsfu]

nice