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 Dermatobia hominis larva
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| pbertner |
Posted 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. 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 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 18-07-2010 19:53
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
And you didn't let it pupate so you could rear the adult??!!
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 18-07-2010 20:04
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
there are guys with such luck. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 19-07-2010 10:38
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Now I want to travel to Peru even more!
Walter Pfliegler - Amateur Nature Photographer from Hungary (and molecular biologist) |
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| pbertner |
Posted on 19-07-2010 17:41
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I tried rearing it on raw hamburger meat after the extraction, but it would have none of that . Guess it knows the good stuff.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-07-2010 19:55
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
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).
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| pbertner |
Posted on 19-07-2010 21:08
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Sure felt full grown in there !
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