Botfly

Botfly
Deer botfly (Cephenemyia stimulator)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Clade: Eremoneura
Clade: Cyclorrhapha
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Calyptratae
Superfamily: Oestroidea
Family: Oestridae
Leach, 1815
Subfamilies
Juvenile male Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) with botfly parasites
Squirrel botfly (Cuterebra emasculator) emerging from an eastern chipmunk.
Squirrel botfly (Cuterebra emasculator) emerging from an eastern chipmunk. (Closeup)

Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are flies of the family Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. Dermatobia hominis is the only species of botfly known to parasitize humans routinely, though other species of flies cause myiasis in humans.

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