Botfly, Giant

This foot-long, gray-and-black-striped insect looks like a cross between a bee and fly, with an oversized head and bulbous eyes.

Botfly, Giant (CR 1/3)

Tiny Vermin
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +2
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet; Perception +0

Speed: 5 feet, Fly 60 feet (good)
Space: 2-1/2 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 14, touch 14, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +2 size)
Hit Points: 4 (1d8)
Saving Throws: Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +0
Immunity: mind-affecting effects

Offense

Melee: sting +4 (1d2-4 plus infestation)
Reach: 0 feet

Special Attacks: infestation

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
2 (-4)	14 (+2)	10 (+0)	-	11 (+0)	2 (-4)

Base Attack Bonus: +0
CMB +0
CMD 6

Feats: Weapon Finesse

Skills: Fly +10, Stealth +12

• Racial Modifiers: +4 Stealth

Languages:

Special Abilities

Infestation (Ex)

Upon each successful sting attack, the giant botfly implants an egg in the victim subcutaneously. Each implanted egg reacts to the warmth of the victim's body, triggering its hatching. One day later, the egg releases a pupa that devours the host's flesh as it develops, growing to the size of a small mouse, at which point it reaches its larval stage. If left untreated, the larva continues to develop until it kills the host or 1 week has passed, at which point it burrows out of the body and drops to the ground, where it transforms into an adult giant botfly. Individual larvae may be squeezed or cut out of the host with a DC 10 Heal check, though each attempt inflicts 1d4 points of damage whether or not it's successful. A cure disease spell destroys all larvae without further harm to the host. Giant botfly larvae: infestation; save Fort DC 10; onset 1 day; frequency 1/day for 1 week; effect 1 Con damage per larva.

Ecology

Environment: Warm Forests
Organization: solitary, pair, or colony (10-30)
Treasure: none


Botf lies are perhaps the most disgusting vermin native to the Expanse. Explorers tell sickening tales of removing maggots from living hosts-or worse, comrades eaten alive by larvae.

Once a botf ly finds a warm-blooded host, it uses its proboscis to insert eggs into the host's flesh. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed upon the host until they mature into adult flies and exit.