Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dermatobia hominis larva

Posted by pbertner on 17-07-2010 13:42
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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.

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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