Human botfly larva (Dermatobia hominis)
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 seen in the video in this thread:www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=21&thr....
Only instead of a housefly, it is a mosquito which is caught and which acts as the vector.
Human botfly larva (Dermatobia hominis)
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 seen in the video in this thread:www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=21&thr....
Only instead of a housefly, it is a mosquito which is caught and which acts as the vector.