Comments on: Look What I Caught! http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/08/03/look-what-i-caught/ An Entomologist's Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Rodger Gwiazdowski http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/08/03/look-what-i-caught/#comment-1186 Rodger Gwiazdowski Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:58:33 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/08/03/look-what-i-caught/#comment-1186 Hi Kelley, Have you told Jeff Boettner about your bot find. He's a bit of a bot expert and can ID it for you, he'll also be psyched to know your collecting locality. Rodger Hi Kelley,

Have you told Jeff Boettner about your bot find.

He’s a bit of a bot expert and can ID it for you, he’ll also be psyched to know your collecting locality.

Rodger

]]> By: Jay http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/08/03/look-what-i-caught/#comment-1132 Jay Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:26:15 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2007/08/03/look-what-i-caught/#comment-1132 One of the most disgusting things I've seen is a bot fly on the belly of a rat in Ecuador. It wasn't so much that it <em>looked</em> disgusting as much as it was the <em>smell</em> which threatened to bring back your last meal... I was really surprised because I'd known of bot flies for some time, but never imagined them to be so large. This thing was more like a grub than a maggot. I suppose like everything else there's variability in size among species? One of the most disgusting things I’ve seen is a bot fly on the belly of a rat in Ecuador. It wasn’t so much that it looked disgusting as much as it was the smell which threatened to bring back your last meal… I was really surprised because I’d known of bot flies for some time, but never imagined them to be so large. This thing was more like a grub than a maggot. I suppose like everything else there’s variability in size among species?

]]>