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    Default Re: Bot Fly / Heavy Rains

    They are very small and would take a week or more for you to start seeing the lump from the larve.
    You can love them, raise them and let them go.....after that, they are in mother nature's care...........Welcome to the nut house!

    Home to Leroy & Lisa ... ...some just know they have it good I guess!

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    from what I have been told, bot flies are species specific...cows have their own bot flies and horses have their own etc..
    and yes humans too..ugh...

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    I'm seeing several sq in our back yard that have what appear to be those nasty bot flies. I saw one the other day that had several on him and he had lost a lot of hair. I feel so bad for the poor little thing! Is there anything that I can do as a homeowner to reduce the existance of the bots in my yard? I mean, is it possible to spray the trees or something to get rid of them?
    Michelle
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    spray


    no spray...killing the earth...

    NO STANDING WATER is the best rule...

    everything bad comes from tainted water...
    with the exception of tadpoles! and a few others...
    truth is ..there is really nothing we can do to prevent these bad bugs...
    they are part of our envirnoment.

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    I know it sucks to see them on our babies. We caught one the other day, where the wound on her was infected after the larve left. We cleaned the wound out with peroxide & have started her on five days of antibiotics. OMG the smell when we cleaned out the wound.......my wife who was helping me hold her almost puked all over both of us. She was a trooper and held it back though!
    You can love them, raise them and let them go.....after that, they are in mother nature's care...........Welcome to the nut house!

    Home to Leroy & Lisa ... ...some just know they have it good I guess!

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