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This awful creature was, according to my partner, found under or black walnut tree, attached to or emerging from the neck of a very-recently killed bunny that the dog had (killed within the last ~15m). Any idea what it is? More pics available.

It's not smooth like a slug/leech, but has a textured surface. It looks like a grub, but what would a grub be doing attached to a bunny? It has an obvious mouth and anus. She described the mouth part as "hexagonal", which she saw open while it was alive, coming off of or out of the Bunny's neck (it was in or by by a wound it didn't necessarily inflict).

I think it's probably just congealed evil and should be thrown into a fire, along with everything it touched except the puppy, and that's how it's going to get me.

My opinion is obviously tongue-in-cheek, but what is this really?

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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah fuck it's a botfly 🤢

Fair warning for those who are curious, botfly larvae typically grow in the skin. Do not look this up unless you have a strong stomach. Especially do not look this up if you have trypophobia. I will never get some of those images out of my head. Genuinely gives me a stronger visceral reaction than some of the worst gore I have seen. Fuck botflies, I am gonna go wash my hands

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 20 points 1 month ago

...he said, as he locked eyes with me, casually hitting the bong and slowly, calmly fucking a shark

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[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago
[-] bastion@feddit.nl 35 points 1 month ago

You nailed it. It was emerging because the host died.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago

Kill it. Kill it with fire.

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 13 points 1 month ago

Indeed. It is quite dead now.

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I would love to find one of these for my collection.

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 15 points 1 month ago

Incinerator. Burn it.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago
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[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 37 points 1 month ago

I think it's probably just congealed evil

Pretty good description of a botfly, actually

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 21 points 1 month ago

I have a friend.. ..as much as one can befriend a monster, anyways.. ..who intentionally let a botfly larva grow in his.. ..arm? thigh? Anyways, after a good long time, he started getting Stockholm syndrome and got fond of the evil fucker, because he had been through so much pain with it. Eventually, though, the pain was too much and he caved and got it removed.

There are some times when it's just better to listen to the pain.

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

some entomologist let one grow on his head. it hatched under his hat during a baseball game

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago

One person's abject disgust is another's religion and a third's science.

[-] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Your friend sounds awesome

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

The jury's still out on that, but hopefully I'll continue to interact with him and have a chance to know him well enough to make that call.

[-] Plum@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago
[-] ChanchoManco@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Damn if that's a Cuterebra I don't wanna know the Uglierebra.

I'll let myself out.

[-] Plum@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

No you can stay.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Thanks, that was a rabbit hole I didn't need.

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[-] bastion@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
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[-] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Why, why the fuck would I search for images of the Cuterebra and then zoom in right before bed?

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

That poor squirrel, horrible & yuck

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago

For everyone who made it through this thread: !eyebleach@lemmy.world

[-] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nope, now I just imagine all the poor cute animals like OP's bunny infested with bot fly.

[-] CouncilOfFriends@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's a trap! Botfly propaganda detected:

[-] silverdraco@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you… thank you. :(

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I don't recommend doing an image search on "botfly"

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

I recommend everone to heed this advice.

To hear Jeremy Clarksson talk about it, watch the Top Gear Bolivia Special

[-] lmaydev@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I love watching them be removed! Must be such a relief.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago
[-] Plum@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I'm concerned that's a Kroger container, what state are you in? I thought bot flies were a equatorial thing, fucking global warming

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago

They're in the south-south, but the ones that go for rabbits (and not people) can make it all the way up to New York.

[-] FarFarAway@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

Definitely have had em here in the southern US for a while now.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Swedish salt liquorice, I can't remember the Swedish name for it though. It's an acquired taste.

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Now, if I every try it, I'll think of bot flies the whole time.

[-] gentooer@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Saltlakrits. It's amazing.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Not as good as the little people ones though.

[-] Plum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Start an iNaturalist account and share your gross bug with the scientific community. I've seen a couple people suggesting Google lens for identification, but for plants and animals it's fun to make the data count for something.

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

That, my friend, is a wise admonition, and I wish you many fake internet points, and the clarity to not only know, but to also feel that they don't matter.

[-] Plum@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Even if you don't contribute, it's fun to play around in map mode. Go see what lives in Equatorial Guinea. Type in your favorite shark. Etcetera.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Holy cow how large is this thing? Is that a really small butter knife? 😮

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago

No. If anything, it's a fairly large butter knife.

The specimen of raw evil was, at a guess, about an inch and a quarter.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

well after sewing this and the comments, my already bad day is ruined

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Glad we could help. Wouldn't want for you to have a bad day of merely mediocre quality.

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