Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dermatobia hominis larva
Posted by pbertner on 17-07-2010 13:42
#1
A hitchhiker followed me home from my recent trip to the Peruvian Amazon. Relatively well developed after spending 2 months in my head. A recently extracted human botfly larva. The rows of hooks help keep the larva firmly entrenched under the skin.
The strategy is basically the same as see in the video in this thread:http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=21&thread_id=26344.
Only instead of a housefly, it is a mosquito which is caught and which acts as the vector.
Edited by pbertner on 17-07-2010 14:04
Posted by Tony Irwin on 18-07-2010 19:53
#2
And you didn't let it pupate so you could rear the adult??!!;)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-07-2010 20:04
#3
there are guys with such luck.
Posted by pwalter on 19-07-2010 10:38
#4
Now I want to travel to Peru even more!
Posted by pbertner on 19-07-2010 17:41
#5
I tried rearing it on raw hamburger meat after the extraction, but it would have none of that ;). Guess it knows the good stuff.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-07-2010 19:55
#6
Life meat is infinitely better than raw hamburger, the latter probably too dry as well. And by the looks of it, the larva is far from full-grown (at least one moulding left).
Posted by pbertner on 19-07-2010 21:08
#7
Sure felt full grown in there ;)!