Editing Gasterophilus (section)

== Life cycle ==
'''The first stage:''' During the summer months, the full-grown Gasterophilus lays the eggs over the hair, face, and extremities of their future host (these eggs are laid on different portions of the body according to the various Gasterophilus species). Due to the animal grooming that starts after seven days from the egg being laid,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jZ_M8MRAYoC&q=gasterophilus+haemorrhoidalis|title=Essentials of Veterinary Parasitology|last1=Elsheikha|first1=Hany M.|last2=Khan|first2=Naveed Ahmed|date=2011|publisher=Horizon Scientific Press|isbn=978-1-904455-79-0|language=en}}</ref> the hatched larvae end up in the host mouth and tongue where they get attached for more than a month before being ingested.

During this process, the animal can suffer from inflammation of the [[oral mucosa]].

'''The second stage:''' In this stage, the larvae have been ingested and are now in the gastrointestinal tract of the host where they attach themselves. Here, they mature and stay there from eight to nine months to pass the winter and are released in the spring. During this phase, the infection can manifest in the host's digestive system resulting in [[gastritis]] or [[Ulcer|ulceration]], which may result in perforations in the walls of the tract in severe cases and much more.

'''The third stage:''' The larvae are mature enough to develop their pupa, and once finished they are released with the animal feces during spring. After leaving, which occurs in about 3-10 weeks,(depending on the temperature)<ref name=":0" /> the adult bot fly emerges from the pupa and starts the cycle again.