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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by bastion@feddit.nl to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

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

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