Are Botfly's Found in Puna?

[Peter Epperson]

Our mule, but not our donkeys would often get attacked by bot flies. The animals spend most of their time in Kau. I don't remember seeing any bots in Puna but I don't see why not. They aren't like in the YouTube video though. The fly itself lays the eggs on the animals fur. When the animal licks the itch where the eggs got laid they pass through the system and surface near the skin and hatch out later. Nature isn't always a beautiful thing.