Are there botflies in Australia?

Question

I plan visiting Cairns, which is in the northeastern region of Australia, and I was curious as to if there are any botflies in the rainforest of that area. Could someone please tell me?

Answer 1

Yes, you need not to worry in advance.

Answer 2

Or do you mean "butterflies"?

Then yes I would say there are.

Answer 3

Never heard of a botfly. We do have common house flies, blow flies and sand flies though. Mosquitoes would be your biggest concern.

Answer 4

A small family of botflies, represented in Australia by only three known species:   Oestrus ovis   L., the sheep nasal botfly;   Cephalopina titillator   (Clark), the camel botfly; and   Tracheomyia macropi   (Froggatt), the kangaroo botfly.

I've seem them on horses in Perth, don't know about Queensland.

Answer 5

I've never heard of botflies. You need to use insect repellent in the rainforest to protect from mosquitoes, some of them carry some unpleasant diseases , especially in tropical areas.