Colombian troops battle rebels and sandflies
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I was always thought that only reservist like me suffer greatly from sandfly bites. Looks like it's a common problem even for US soldiers in Iraq.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12103568%255E31477,00.html
COLOMBIAN Army troops must dodge land mines and ambushes in their offensive against rebels in the jungle, but one of their biggest obstacles is the lowly sand fly.
Leishmaniasis, caused by sand-fly bites that produce nasty open sores and swelling, now forces more troops from the battlefield into hospitals than gunshots and mine blasts combined. It has hampered the army's unprecedented onslaught to wipe out the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Caused by a parasite living in the sand fly's gut, the disease is found in parts of 88 countries, mostly tropical or subtropical. US soldiers in Iraq call it "Baghdad boil," and last year, hundreds of them had to be ferried home for treatment. -
Theres also this fly which lays its eggs under the victim's skin, using the body heat to incubate it. Then the larvae burrow out from under the skin. Gross, but true.
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u talking abt the fly that flies to ure hand and the egg wriggle out of the abdomen rite?...then it burrow under the skin?....then when u wanna remove it...like pinching a whitehead out rite?Originally posted by ditzy:Theres also this fly which lays its eggs under the victim's skin, using the body heat to incubate it. Then the larvae burrow out from under the skin. Gross, but true. -
Beats me, just now they burrow out from ur skin, brrrrr.
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At least they move out from your body. Some things stay in your body after they hatch.