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Removed from my dog

My vet just removed this from my dog. It started as an itchy, suspicious growing lump. Eventually it opened up and started draining. That is the heads up to tell it apart from a sebaceous cyst, tumor or abscess of some kind. Google it for an image. The breathing hole has a certain look - a single hole with a raised circular rim.

… toadlily, 12 August, 2014 - 11:02am

Moved

Moved from Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies.

… v belov, 15 June, 2014 - 12:50pm

Moved

Moved from Bot Flies.

… Charley Eiseman, 22 October, 2009 - 1:17am

i found a dead rabbit under t

i found a dead rabbit under the front of my car with 3 of these crunching away at it. i live up in MA... are we sure these are botflies this far north?

… wyrrn, 6 October, 2009 - 12:52am

There are certainly

rabbit/rodent bot flies in Massachusetts. The larvae feed internally on living flesh, so you wouldn't see them "crunching away" at a dead rabbit, but you might find them emerging from a recently killed rabbit.

… Charley Eiseman, 22 October, 2009 - 1:20am

dead rabbit/botflies

Do you have pics? You can send them to The University of Florida.

1. This is a synopsis of the biology of the tree squirrel bot fly.
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/flies/squirrel_bot_fly.htm

… Gary R. McClellan, 6 October, 2009 - 5:03pm

Moved

Moved from Bot Flies.

… Martin Hauser, 3 May, 2009 - 2:32pm

Your dog will be fine, they w

Your dog will be fine, they will not infest your dog, they live under the skin of rodents

… Martin Hauser, 3 May, 2009 - 2:31pm

Martin,Thank you for the feed

Martin,Thank you for the feedback.

… Gary R. McClellan, 3 May, 2009 - 3:18pm

more info

if you want more info on these parasites, an expert provided me with excellent info, which i can forward to an email address.
Contact me if interested: wdedo@cox.net
bd

… bdedo, 3 May, 2009 - 1:04pm

more info

I don't understand. Why would you not post the info for others to benefit also?

… Gary R. McClellan, 9 May, 2009 - 1:20pm

nice

Botfly larvae. Nice find.

… Jeff Gruber, 3 May, 2009 - 12:15pm

Cuterebra Fontinella Larvae ??

From internet research I found this article.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6918/is_4_91/ai_n31352691/?tag=content;col1

… Gary R. McClellan, 3 May, 2009 - 1:55pm