Worms in animals, in the skin
Another thread was about the bot fly. I don't think this is the same thing. Down south here, in Mississippi, we have the larva of a fly which infects all sorts of animals. I am not sure if it is the horsefly or what. Never gave it much thought. My dad always called the worms "wolves". They affected rabbits, hence no rabbit hunting in the summer. Also they got into the cows and who knows what else. I do know that we has several rabbits killed by them. I'll do a little research on them now but does anyone else have any info they can pass on?? Thanks, Tom
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one dude I knew from mexico said one time they went rabbit hunting, got some rabbits, they went to skin them but they were full of worms. so they chucked them and didn't hunt any more rabbits. 0 -
They are all bot flies of some sort. luckily enough, growing up far enough north that we didn't have to worry about bot flies in our livestock. Not that there aren't some types in northern states, there occurrence is just lower.
http://botfly.ifas.ufl.edu/links/links1.htm0 -
Called "wolves" here in TN also. They completely destroy small game hunting every year until after they turn into whatever Bot Fly they create. That happens around the time of the first frost in late fall. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by oldgunner
Called "wolves" here in TN also. They completely destroy small game hunting every year until after they turn into whatever Bot Fly they create. That happens around the time of the first frost in late fall.
they call them warbles in se ohio,rabbits,squirrels,even once we had a cat get one usally in thier neck,we took a sewing needle and hooked the one in the cat and slowly yanked it out,agreed after the first hard frost they disappear,and the wound seems to heal on its on,another reason i dont hunt rab,or squirrels till after the leaves haved dropped in the fall.[:D]0 -
Yes, some kind of fly or wasp larve. I had a squirrel that had one on her chest. At the sore is the breathing hole of the bug. I pulled it out with tweezers and put a little betadine on the hole. It healed real fast with no problem.
Looks like a scab on the skin.0 -
quote:Originally posted by shoff14
They are all bot flies of some sort. luckily enough, growing up far enough north that we didn't have to worry about bot flies in our livestock. Not that there aren't some types in northern states, there occurrence is just lower.
http://botfly.ifas.ufl.edu/links/links1.htm
Every horse I have ever cut open has had bots. Pretty common here, not sure where you grew up but up as far north as Central Ill its common. Just for fun check your deer this year, I've been seeing a lot of nasal bots from deer in the lab.0 -
quote:Originally posted by bang250
quote:Originally posted by shoff14
They are all bot flies of some sort. luckily enough, growing up far enough north that we didn't have to worry about bot flies in our livestock. Not that there aren't some types in northern states, there occurrence is just lower.
http://botfly.ifas.ufl.edu/links/links1.htm
Yep, yep. what he said.
Every horse I have ever cut open has had bots. Pretty common here, not sure where you grew up but up as far north as Central Ill its common. Just for fun check your deer this year, I've been seeing a lot of nasal bots from deer in the lab.0 -
we never hunt squirrel in north florida until the first frost 0 -
the fly that causees the wolves (the worm just under the skinusualy in the animals back) is the horn fly, it lays it's eggs around the foot of the host animal the small worm travels up the leg to the back then matures in the spring it pops out and the cycle starts again.
there is a treatment for cows and horses0 -
There is a really ugly one called Cuterebra found in the neck skin of rabbits. They are an inch long and 3/4" in diameter. Often they kill the host. 0
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