Juliane Koepcke
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Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke, is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. She is the daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke.
Koepcke in April 2019
Botfly
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Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are flies of the family Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others w
Juliane Koepcke
…in the rainforest, most of which she spent following a creek to a river. While in the jungle, she dealt with severe insect bites and an infestation of botfly larvae in her injured arm. After nine days, she was able to find an encampment that had been set up by local lumberjacks. A few hours later, the returning…
Cephenemya stimulator
Juvenile male Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) with botfly parasites
Larval stage of Gasterophilus intestinalis
Dissected head of a deer showing botfly larvae