Photos: Dog Mummies and their Pesky Parasites
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Another specimen
(Image credit: Cecile Callou | UMR 7209 MNHN/CNRS)
Complete puparium (hardened larval skin) of an unidentified sarcophagid fly recovered from the coat of the mummified dog.
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