IT is only within comparatively recent years that much attention has been paid to the insect pests of the farm and garden. It is true that when these assume unusually devastating proportions ...

Bovine hypodermosis, commonly known as warble fly infestation, is a parasitic disease affecting cattle, caused by the larvae of flies from the genus Hypoderma. These larvae develop under the skin ...

Snot bots', as they are affectionately known, are the culprits. These are flies of the genus Cephenemyia. The reindeer warble fly (Hypoderma tarandi) is also guilty of infesting cervids. As an adult, ...