Re: In this neighborhood we have an epidemic of botfly larvae attacking animals and us

Idjit BoB <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 05:24:18 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups alt.appalachian
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On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 7:45:42 AM UTC-4, Jimmy knows crooked Sammie Ervin IV wrote:
> I got one from a mosquito which stuck his snout in my leg. It seems the botfly uses the mosquito to lay its eggs. 
> 
> I have been watching the squirrels and birds. The squirrels are covered with the larvae, and I found a brown thrasher with a larva in its head. I got the larva out of the bird but it was too late. It was so close to its beak that it had been unable to eat.

It's the end times. Like the book of John's Revelation say, "Don't look back and run fer the hills."