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?

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
    591·
    4 months 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.nlOPEnglish
      221·
      4 months ago

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

    • CethinEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      I looked it up and it looks bad, but not as bad as you made it sound. For sure a trypophobia trigger, but far from the worst things I’ve seen (which is, admittedly, pretty gruesome).

  • Icalasari@fedia.io
    37·
    4 months ago

    I think it’s probably just congealed evil

    Pretty good description of a botfly, actually

    • bastion@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      221·
      4 months 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.eeEnglish
        13·
        4 months ago

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

        • bastion@feddit.nlOPEnglish
          18·
          4 months ago

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

        • bastion@feddit.nlOPEnglish
          2·
          4 months 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.

    • stoyEnglish
      9·
      4 months ago

      I recommend everone to heed this advice.

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

  • Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 months 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.nlOPEnglish
      2·
      4 months 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.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months 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.xyzEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

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

    • bastion@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      8·
      4 months 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.

    • bastion@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

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

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    618·
    4 months ago

    Don’t you all have Google Lens? It’s correct on stuff like this 90% of the time.

    In Android it takes 2 seconds to search by image:

    1. Open recent apps list while this photo is open.
    2. Long-press the photo in the app preview
    3. Choose Google Lens from the menu.
    4. Select just the portion you want to ID.
    5. Read that it’s a bot fly larva.

    • bastion@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      25·
      4 months ago

      Thanks, but… I posted here, it worked, and I got some human interaction out of the deal.

      • Detheroth@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        6·
        4 months ago

        Human interaction? Why would you want that? The sweet cold embrace of mother google is all we need nowadays friend.

        Thanks for the post, I hate the nightmares it brings but I didn’t know these hellbeasts existed before today.

        • bastion@feddit.nlOPEnglish
          5·
          4 months ago

          Excellent. Whether you enjoy the embrace of Mother Google or wallow in the filth of another mammal’s appendages, i wish you pleasant nightmares.