tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412962024017895622.post7141684343301286625..comments2023-07-07T07:49:59.058-07:00Comments on Cuyamaca Woods Mountain Journal: Deer Bot Flies at Lake MorenaRobyn Waayershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00403062292397104209noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412962024017895622.post-26530460110024449412013-05-14T00:37:37.330-07:002013-05-14T00:37:37.330-07:00*like**like*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412962024017895622.post-12570113854162248112013-04-27T08:48:47.903-07:002013-04-27T08:48:47.903-07:00Interesting! Yes, I read that they fling larvae in...Interesting! Yes, I read that they fling larvae into the deers' nostrils directly sometimes. Accurate little things!Robyn Waayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403062292397104209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412962024017895622.post-71075546549031783372013-04-26T23:12:48.651-07:002013-04-26T23:12:48.651-07:00We used to clean small yellowish eggs from our hor...We used to clean small yellowish eggs from our horses' fetlocks. Not easy, they cling. Horses like to bend their head and rub their faces against that part of the leg: the eggs and larvae of the horse botfly get into their nostrils and then the air way that way. If I don't imagine it (and it has been over thirty years since), I saw the bot fly throw its eggs at the horse's leg like a bee fly bombarding a bee nest: flying and dipping. Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412962024017895622.post-6461912646740188812013-04-21T14:44:08.225-07:002013-04-21T14:44:08.225-07:00I've seen some images like that in the web in ...I've seen some images like that in the web in the last couple days, researching these guys, and it's amazing to me that such large creatures stay so long in the airway before being snorted out. Apparently even Aristotle observed them in slaughtered deer! I've definitely learned some new things here, and would like to find more species in the genus!Robyn Waayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403062292397104209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412962024017895622.post-67615700813946475712013-04-21T14:38:18.492-07:002013-04-21T14:38:18.492-07:00You don't look very much like a stag, Gary? Th...You don't look very much like a stag, Gary? These types of bots occur in Europe, too, and I can still see the picture of the throat of a dead (hunter-shot) deer, slit lengthwise, that showed a number of those maggots in situ. It was in a book with otherwise very beautiful images that I got before I could read and that's the only image that I remember exactly, not because I was so shocked, but because I had to have it explained to me by an adult (who probably WAS shocked) Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412962024017895622.post-76096651517537298342013-04-20T16:37:23.581-07:002013-04-20T16:37:23.581-07:00I was covering my nose the entire time.I was covering my nose the entire time.Gary Waayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874735956207330175noreply@blogger.com