Botfly, Giant

Botfly, Giant

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

Giant Botfly CR 1/3

XP 135
N Tiny vermin
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0

AC 14, touch 14, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +2 size)
hp 4 (1d8)
Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +0
Immune mind-affecting effects

Speed 5 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee sting +4 (1d2-4 plus infestation)
Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks infestation

Str 2, Dex 14, Con 10, Int , Wis 11, Cha 2
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 6
Feats Weapon FinesseB
Skills Fly +10, Stealth +12; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth

Infestation (Ex)

Giant botfly larvae: infestation; save Fort DC 10; onset 1 day; frequency 1/day for 1 week; effect 1 Con damage per larva.

Environment warm jungle
Organization solitary, pair, or colony (10-30)
Treasure none

Botflies are perhaps the most disgusting vermin. Explorers tell sickening tales of removing maggots from living hosts or worse, comrades eaten alive by larvae. Once a botfly 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.

Pathfinder Chronicles: Heart of the Jungle. Copyright 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors: Tim Hitchcock, Jason Nelson, Amber Scott, Chris Self, and Todd Stewart.