Naming Names & The Virtual Hats of RTMs:
rat-tailed larvae; maggots or hatched larvae
rat-tailed maggot;
atetso'o (nweh, bangwa)
Eristalis sp.;
rat tail maggot; fly larvae
tubifera; ... ref. Cheng C. T. in General Parasitology (1973) & in Manson's 1966 Tropical Diseases, p 767ff
syrphidae;
Asticot a queue-de-rat (french);
vers files de rat (french);
larvae unite ratto (italian);
Ratte-Geschwanzte Maden (german);
Larvas Tailed Rato (portuguese);
Gusanos Atados Rata (spanish);
cola de rata (spanish ??);
Rat Van de Steel Verwijderde Maden (dutch);
 Cape Times Feb. 9, 2006, South Africa: & whatsthatbug.com | 
dirtdoctorcontent | 
dkimages.com | 
hatched rat-tailed maggot from putrefied banana trunks http://faculty.unionky.edu/fachenjang/outreach |
 puddle larva California, USA |  dbc.uci.edu rat-tail maggot |  puddle larva California, USA |  heap of rat-talied larvae... drainage ditch in Indonesia |
naturegrid.org.uk artwork & sketch drawing | 
zooex.baikal.ru artwork & sketch drawing | 
images of life cycle/stages ... larva, pupa, adult fly www.mja.com.au | 
scientificillustrator.com |
 creepy creatures; cellyourcity.net |  www.esu7.org http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/scitech/kdf/rat_e.htm |  www.extension.umn.edu Univ. of Minnesota, USA |  WSU Puyallup, May 2003: Arthur Antonelli |
 pupa set |  rat-tailed maggot, Georgia, USA walterreeves.com |  bugguide.net |  homepage.eircom.net |
 Uwex.edu rat-tail maggot |  drone fly OSU.edu NSCU, North Carolina State Univ., USA? |  wet land raffia palm rat-tailed larvae http://faculty.unionky.edu/fachenjang/outreach |  bugs in alley, near garden & compost piles in South Western Canada http://whatsthatbug.com |
 pupae of rat-tailed larvae http://faculty.unionky.edu/fachenjang/outreach |  watermonitoring.uwex.edu |  mdc.mo.gov |  aquatic maggot or horsefly bug. http://whatsthatbug.com |
 www.davesgarden.com |  srufaculty.scr.edu |  scielo.br.com |  kero1113.seesaa.net |
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www.flickr.com larva in a pond like a comet in a starry night | 
human rat-tailed larvae http://faculty.unionky.edu/fachenjang/outreach | 
banana putrefying trunk rat-tailed maggot http://faculty.unionky.edu/fachenjang/outreach | 
Univ. of Alberta, Canada |