A Baby Fly Burrowed into a Woman's Skin During Belize Honeymoon. She Noticed It 2 Months Later.
By Cari Nierenberg October 26, 2018 12:06pm ET
A Baby Fly Burrowed into a Woman's Skin During Belize Honeymoon. She Noticed It 2 Months Later.
The image on the left shows the lesion on the woman’s skin. The human botfly larva (Dermatobia hominis) was able to breathe through the hole in the center. The image on the right shows the larva after it was removed. The rows of black spines make it difficult to extract.
A Florida woman will probably never forget her honeymoon in Belize, but not for the usual reasons. Instead, her trip was memorable because of a small souvenir she unknowingly brought back with her: a baby fly growing in her skin.
But it wasn't until the 36-year-old woman had been back home for two months that she noticed something was amiss.
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