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Contents 1 Vandalism 2 Link added 3 Fastest insect? 4 removal

[edit] Vandalism

Someone vandalized the content so i tried to clean it up. Could someone check the content for inaccuracies? (author?) -Xorp21-

[edit] Link added

I added a link to a (IMHO) very interesting and informative site about the human botfly: http://www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/botfly.html - maybe someone could give it a shot to give it a better title. -anonymous

[edit] Fastest insect?

So what isthe fastest flying insect now? --nocturnal omnivorous canine 12:43, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

This is really cool footage of an infected human: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2007/01/nasty-bot-fly.html

And how fast does it fly? That seems important given the information about speed. --Absolute Zerr--

[edit] removal

so i was watching that botfly video that has been lurking around - apparently it seems that botflies need oxygen to grow. the guy duct taped his back to prevent oxygen from getting to the larve, and so that makes the larve come to a head, just like a pimple about to pop. if there is any truth to this, which i assume is true since in the video the larve was at a head, then maybe it might be good info to include somewhere, in case someone does get this nasty botfly larve in them. --72.209.153.126 02:35, 11 August 2007 (UTC)