The botfly larvae are laid directly on mammal hosts or by the use of intermediate vectors. The larvae are obligate parasites that bore into the skin. I suppose than this is not aseptic and could lead to contagion from opportunistic microorganisms, but the initial transfers and intermediate vectors are not considered contagion.
When you feel like you can fly like a bot.
A Bot fly
A female adult bot fly can lay from 300 to 1000 eggs in her short life span. The adult bot fly has no other goal in life than to lay eggs.
Yes, bot flies are classified in the order Diptera. Diptera is the same order of insects which contains the flies.
Yes, bot flies do live in Georgia. In fact, there have been cases where creatures like rabbits have been found with bot fly larvae under their skin!
The type of symbiotic relationship that is represented by the Bot Fly and the oropendula is a behavioral and social symbiosis.
A Deer bot fly flies at 90 miles per hour
A bot fly is one of several families of hairy flies whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals, such as the Desert Woodrat.
Bot fly is any of various stout, two-winged flies, chiefly of the genera Gasterophilus and Oestrus, having larve that are parasitic on various animals, especially horses and sheep, and sometimes on humans.
No because they can only have baby ladybugs.
A sand fly bite is not contagious. It is similar to a mosquito or flea bite. The bites do not spread on a person's body or to other people.