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Smashed on 23 June 2010

Do they live in Canada?

They bite you and the females lay eggs in your skin and they hatch and feed off it.

I heard they live in Jungles like Brazil and Chile, i'm freaked out!



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O-D-C on 23 June 2010

last I check the jungles of Brazil and Chile are quite different then the Canadian climate so I think we're safe. : )

Edit: id be more scared of mountain lions, bears, cougars and wolves then flies.



.jayderyu on 23 June 2010

Yes..  at least by Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly . Though far more often in mentioned countries.



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Blacksaber on 23 June 2010

Well the process you mentioned is wrong, the females first attack a mosquitoe laying eggs inside of them then either the larva grow and go out when the mosquitoe is feeding use the whole to get in...this is why I love the Discovery Channel. I have no clue if there in Cannada wouldn't surprise me from how they get into people but most likley at low numbers...



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Smashed on 23 June 2010
.jayderyu said:

Yes..  at least by Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly . Though far more often in mentioned countries.


There is many types of botflies. There are botflies in canada, I just want to know if the Human bot flies live here.



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famousringo on 23 June 2010
.jayderyu said:

Yes..  at least by Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly . Though far more often in mentioned countries.


Apparently only in northern BC and southern Ontario. It's a big country.

The horse flies at the beach might take a big chunk of meat off me, but at least they won't leave me pregnant with their spawn without even buying me a drink.

@ Smashed

http://www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/botfly.html

Stay away from Mexico and Central America.



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SHMUPGurus on 23 June 2010

Haha, non. I was looking at some videos on YouTube. Looks interesting actually, but I wouldn't want to have any of these things living in my body!



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Boutros on 23 June 2010

The most dangerous animals in Canada are Bear (Polar Bear too), Cougar and Killer whale lol

There's not a lot of dangerous insects here. The most dangerous is either the bee or the wasp but again they won't kill you unless you're allergic or something.

I don't think that kind of fly is living here.