Talk:Human bot fly

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[edit] External links

the first external link, http://www.vexman.com/botfly.htm, charges $1.79USD via paypal to view any content. I didn't want to outright remove the source immediately, but it probably should be if it's essentially a pay site Audrina 04:08, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] yikes!

  • shudders* geez! where does it live?
From the US/Mexican border down, but illegal aliens are bringing the little shits into the US. 65.163.112.104 00:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, A study shows that bot flies are migrating to southern U.S. states on squirrels and fox, not illegal aliens. http://www.jstor.org/pss/3496892

[edit] Remedies

It seems that the working remedy (venom extractor syringes) should be moved toward the top of the list and folk remedies moved toward the end. I did it. Redhookesb 23:30, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Are the pictures accurate?

I got a bit suspicious after editing out some typos, and seeing one of the pictures labeled "Skin Cancer." It does look much more like skin cancer than any sort of bug burrowing, so someone who knows something about these insects could verify. Also, I feel that the layout isn't too good, but I'm not sure whether it's alright to take out the "step-by-step" thing. Geht (talk) 05:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] poor article

from background down the article is a bevy of unsubstantiated claims, ranging from the poorly informed to the outright erroneous.129.252.69.43 (talk) 19:02, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The background, stages and symptoms part were written by a registered user, whose only edit was this rubbish. --217.93.208.133 (talk) 22:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)