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A squirrel parasited by a Bot fly larvae
Larvae of bot flies also occasionally infest atypical hosts such as raccoons, cats, dogs and humans http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc...
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guess you are right! thank you for telling me
This spotting should go in the Arthropods section since it is of the Bot Fly larva. Interesting spotting!
According to what i found on the web the squirrel will be ok ("Mature larvae drop from the host and complete the pupal stage in soil. They do not kill the host animal, thus are true parasites.")
Eeeeewwwww! yucky but great spotting. Will the squirrel be OK after the larva hatches?
Thank you bayucca it is very interesting for me to spot things like these
Cool!