No, not Morgellans - this is a true organism. It does not look like any of the tropical fly larvae I've seen, but I would have to guess that it's a maggot of some sort - ? blowfly/calliphora
Very interesting, this is clearly myiasis, but the interesting bit is that this is a third instar larvae belonging to Musca domestica; the common house fly! This is apparent due to the morphology of the spiracles, with the characteristic sinuous slits with a full, heavy sclerotized ring and obvious button. more information may be derived from the morphology of the sclerotized mouth parts in some species, but not in this case.
Well I have no idea so will guess a spider bite/bits(or Morgellans).
ReplyDeleteNo, not Morgellans - this is a true organism. It does not look like any of the tropical fly larvae I've seen, but I would have to guess that it's a maggot of some sort - ? blowfly/calliphora
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, this is clearly myiasis, but the interesting bit is that this is a third instar larvae belonging to Musca domestica; the common house fly! This is apparent due to the morphology of the spiracles, with the characteristic sinuous slits with a full, heavy sclerotized ring and obvious button. more information may be derived from the morphology of the sclerotized mouth parts in some species, but not in this case.
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ReplyDeleteVery nice explanation Arthur Morris. thank you for the lesson.
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I think it should be maggot
ReplyDeleteI think it should be maggot
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ReplyDeleteyeah..larva of house fly.
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